A regular cup of coffee contains a number of antioxidants that are good for health. Antioxidants are chemical compounds present in foods that help to shield the body from various toxins and can even be preventative in the development of cancer in the body. Most antioxidants are derived from plants, coffee being one of them. [...]
The exact cause of most brain tumors is unknown, as with tumors in other parts of the body. A lot of factors have been linked to brain cancer, like genetic factors, radiation, various toxins in the environmental, and cigarette smoking. In most cases, however, no clear cause can be shown. Here are some factors that [...]
DescriptionBrain cancer is a tumor or tumors that form on the brain itself. Most brain tumors have spread to the brain from other affected parts of the body (such as the breast or the lung) via the blood-stream. Only a small percentage of brain cancer cases originate in the brain.In its early stages, brain cancer [...]
Each year cancer research programs continue to grow: funding increases, new technologies make year-old discoveries obsolete, and more doctors and scientists contribute their ideas and methods to understanding and eradicating cancer. As these strides are made, more treatment options become available and fewer people are forced to endure painful and invasive treatments.Radiosurgery is a non-invasive, [...]
Cancer cells and normal cells are known to respond differently to nutrients and drugs that affect glutathione status.Numerous studies have shown that tumor cells have elevated levels of glutathione levels, which confers resistance to chemotherapy drugs.One of the challenges of cancer therapy is how to deplete tumor cells of glutathione, so as to make them [...]
A research was done on how people deal with terminal brain cancer – points of view of both patient and their care givers. Interviews were done on seven patients who have terminal brain cancer, and 22 loved ones who are supporting and are serving as the patients’ care givers. The questions prepared aims to get [...]
This mechanism is being studied for it allows specific cancer cells from migrating into other organs causing a spread of the disease. Most cancer cells afflict a specific body part or organ comes in a specific form. One unique from the other but some instances such as that with breast cancer has them migrating into [...]
Researchers at the famed Oxford University have discovered and have visual proof of how breast cancer cells migrate to the brain and induces them to mutate, themselves turning into cancerous cells themselves. Metastasis has long been known but proof of such a cell mechanism, wherein the cells of a cancer cell breaks out of the [...]
Scientists have been trying to find out why certain brain tumors react well to chemotherapy and others don’t, what do they find? Cancer stem cells of course, one of the super-cells of the human body that has already been responsible for some of the world’s most revolutionary treatments for our many diseases. They are capable [...]
The result of multi-disciplinary studies in NASA that has produced an electronic nose that is very reliable in monitoring air quality in the confined space of the space shuttle and the International Space Station where clean air is a must. The electronic nose has proven to be so successful that it is being studied for [...]