Tag Archives: cancer

9/11 First Responders Face Higher Cancer Risk 20 Years Later

By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Twenty years on, responders to the World Trade Center attacks in New York City are showing increased risks of certain cancers, two new studies confirm. Researchers found higher-than-average rates of prostate cancer among firefighters, medics and other workers who toiled at the disaster… Read More »

Firefighters working at World Trade Center during 9/11 are 13% more likely to develop cancer

Firefighters working at World Trade Center during 9/11 are 13% more likely to develop cancer, study finds Researchers compared 10,786 firefighters who worked at the WTC site to 8,813 firefighters who didn’t work at the site  They found firefighters at Ground Zero were 13% more likely of being diagnosed with cancer than their colleagues First responders had higher… Read More »

Obesity Linked with Higher Risk of Cancer

A 2002 report issued by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer estimates that one-fifth to one-third of all breast, colon, endometrial, kidney and esophageal cancers can be related to overweight and obesity. In a recent population study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (April 24, 2003), researchers conclude that… Read More »

‘You never think it will touch your family but now I know heartbreak of child cancer’

There seems to be a ­medical month for ­everything these days. But this one is special, ­personal, family. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Our beautiful great-grand-daughter Robyn, 14 months old, has been under the care of oncologists at Leeds General Infirmary since mid-May. Her ordeal is set to continue for many weeks, with more… Read More »

Nanoparticles for Tumor Imaging and Cancer Urine Testing

Scientists at MIT have announced that they developed novel nanoparticles to detect cancer in urine samples. As well as detecting the presence of tumors, the nanoparticles can also accumulate at tumor sites and function as an imaging agent, helping to identify their location. These multifunctional particles could be very useful for routine cancer screening and… Read More »

Sugary drinks and increased colon cancer risk linked in study involving nurses

Young adults who drink sugary beverages may be at an increased risk of developing colon cancer, researchers claim. The study, which involved 116,500 female nurses from 1991 to 2015, found that compared with women who drank less than one 8-ounce serving per week of sugar-sweetened beverages, those who drank two or more per day had… Read More »