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‘Medical camps on cancer detection can help spread awareness on the disease’

LIC's Senior Manager, Ramalingeswara Rao, praised Open Heart Social Organisation & Charitable Trust for their service activities & organising a cancer detection camp. 110 men & 155 women underwent tests. Dr. P. Nagamani explained cancer is a genetic disease caused by changes in genes. Most genetic changes are harmless, but…

The Hindu

A college dean working on a cure for cancer was killed while hiking. Her former students say her legacy is bigger than her death

Honoree Fleming was found dead on a rail trail about a mile from campus

The Independent UK

Black and Brown breast cancer survivors spread message of advocacy: ‘Keep that appointment’

The Lurie Cancer Center Hispanic Breast Cancer Clinic and support groups, including Sisters Working It Out, offer patients of color health care access, community and hope.

Chicago Sun-Times

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How a former Virginia offensive lineman is spreading male breast cancer awareness through his own fight

Zac Yarbrough is committed to sharing his experience with the disease and raising awareness.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texas Wants to Adopt Outdated Cancer Risk Standard Despite Concerns

TCEQ is proposing to quietly adopt its 17-year-old cancer standard that leading scientists and public health officials call inadequate.

Texas Observer

AI-based lung cancer screening in 19 district hospitals in Karnataka to benefit over 1.4 lakh patients

The screening technology that will be first deployed in K.C. General Hospital in Bengaluru is set to benefit 1.4 lakh patients annually.

The Hindu

Skin cancer: more people die from types that aren't melanoma – surprise new finding

If you mention skin cancer, most people think of melanoma – the deadliest skin cancer. The other ones are pretty benign, right?

The Conversation

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Texas quietly moves to formalize acceptable cancer risk from industrial air pollution. Public health officials say it’s not strict enough.

Without public hearings, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is proposing to adopt its 17-year-old standard that scientists and public health officials say fails to account for cumulative air pollution.

The Texas Tribune

The UK’s first dedicated male breast cancer organisation has launched – here’s why it matters

Despite around 400 cases of male breast cancer being diagnosed every year, awareness is generally low.

The Independent UK

Who is Steve Scalise? The man who gave up the GOP House Speaker nomination

After almost a decade as GOP whip and nine months as majority leader, Scalise battles concerns about his health following 2017 shooting and blood cancer diagnosis as he attempts to become Speaker of the House

The Independent UK

Why October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month - and why we wear pink ribbons

Breast Cancer Awareness Month dates back to 1985

The Independent UK

Detangling the roots and health risks of hair relaxers

In this reflective and personal episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, Prof. Cheryl Thompson of Toronto Metropolitan University and author of Beauty in a Box untangles the wending history of hair relaxers for Black women — and the health risks now linked to them.

The Conversation

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene To Oppose GOP House Speaker Nominee Over Health Concerns

Greene cites House Majority Leader Steve Scalise's battle with cancer as reason for her dissent.

Zenger

MRI changes could speed-up prostate cancer diagnosis

If their study is successful, researchers are hopeful they could ‘change clinical practice’ by making the scans less invasive and cheaper.

The Independent UK

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What the latest NHS performance figures show

Some 8,998 people had waited more than 18 months to start treatment at the end of August, up from 7,289 at the end of July.

The Independent UK

EU orders biotech giant Illumina to unwind $7.1 billion purchase of cancer-screening company Grail

The European Union is ordering U.S. biotech giant Illumina to undo its $7.1 billion purchase of cancer-screening company Grail because it closed the deal without approval of regulators

Chicago Sun-Times

Dear Abby: Husband asks me to care for his ill parents

He’d like to sell the current home and move in with them, but he has a full-time job, so his wife would have most of the responsibility for his mom with Alzheimer’s and his father with stage-4 cancer.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene won’t back Scalise as speaker – but insists it’s for his own good

Steve Scalise was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, in August

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The Independent UK

Amy Dowden couldn’t look in the mirror’ when she started losing hair following cancer treatment

Professional dancer said she hopes to ‘raise awarness and give others confidence [that] #baldisbeautful’

Fortune

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla wants to tap 'Chinese science' as the drug company looks for a new target after COVID

Bourla hopes to bring the same speed in developing a COVID vaccine to discovering new cancer treatments.

Evening Standard

Craig Shakespeare: Former Leicester City manager diagnosed with cancer

English football rallies in support of the ex-England coach, who is receiving ongoing treatment

The Independent UK

Who is Steve Scalise? GOP nomination for next House speaker

The Times of India

Can anger and suppressed emotions cause cancer?

Anger is a bad emotion that, more often than not, has extremely detrimental repercussions on a person's overall health. It may not be the primary cause of cancer, but it can still act as a catalyst in cancer progression, especially in the early stages or when a patient is recovering.…

The Guardian - AU

Cal Wilson: rare form of cancer confirmed as cause of comedian’s death

New Zealander had been in Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred hospital for a month before her death at 53, management says, as tributes flow for ‘shining soul’

The Hindu

How do some cancer cells survive chemotherapy? Scientists find one way

Cancer treatment is costly, time-consuming, and painful. A new study suggests that the location of a gene in cancer cells' nucleus could be the cause of drug resistance to Taxol. Researchers found that a protein called lamin B receptor (LBR) helps keep the gene close to the nuclear envelope, making…

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