Cancer: Cancer increases stroke risk by 80%, with the highest risk in the first few months after diagnosis

Among patients with cancer, strokes occurred 80% more often during the first year after diagnosis than would have been expected based on rates in the general population...

PLOS Medicine: One extra hour of prolonged sitting is linked to a higher risk of cancer death

The study found that each additional hour of prolonged sitting was associated with a 9% increase in cancer mortality...

WHO: Female smokers face a 40% higher risk of infertility than non-smokers

Smoking is associated with impaired male fertility...

CA: Global cancer cases projected to rise from 21 million in 2024 to 34 million by 2050

Despite the alarming forecast, the authors emphasize that a substantial proportion of cancer cases and deaths can be prevented...

Dangerous venom, useful molecules: Scientists explore scorpion peptides as a basis for new drugs

Researchers are paying particular attention to peptides that affect the Kv1.3 ion channel, which plays a role in the function of immune cells...

Deep sleep helps the brain cope with stress: Scientists identify a possible mechanism

The slow-wave sleep period, considered the deepest stage of sleep, appeared to be particularly important...

Frontiers: Never-married men show signs of faster biological aging

Epigenetic aging indicates how closely the body’s biological processes correspond to, or outpace, a person’s chronological age...

SS: Inflammation under a baby's fingernail helped reveal a rare brain tumor

The tumor was a glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer...

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How Can a Fly’s Brain Help Us Understand Human Behavior?

There is this amazing system inside our heads that allows us to do incredible things, like play a sonata or solve a scientific problem...