Scientists claim that overeating is not the primary cause of obesity
Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that obesity affects more than 40% of American adults, placing them at higher risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer. The USDA’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020 — 2025 further tells us that losing weight “requires adults to […]
9/11 Responders Face Higher Risk of Multiple Cancers
Ongoing research funded by the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program has continued to show associations between exposures to the WTC site after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 and various cancers, as evidenced by two studies recently published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. According to the first study, male New York City firefighters […]
Stem-like T cells could aid immunotherapy in cancer treatment
In a new study by Yale Cancer Center, researchers show stem-like T cells within certain lymph nodes could be natural cancer fighters. Targeting these T cells, which are a type of white blood cells, with immunotherapy drugs could increase the number of cancer patients that respond to treatment. The findings were reported online today in […]
Dogs may not return their owners’ good deeds: In experiments, dogs did not reciprocate food-giving nor act more favorably towards helpful humans
Domestic dogs show many adaptations to living closely with humans, but they do not seem to reciprocate food-giving according to a study, publishing July 14 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, led by Jim McGetrick and colleagues at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria. The researchers trained 37 domestic dogs to operate a […]