Tags: Brain cancer

Most Cancer Can Just Be Chalked Up To 'Bad Luck'

MEDICINE & HEALTH 01.02.2015 16:26 PM

Researchers have discovered that while some cancers can be attributed to lifestyle, many cancers are simply due to "just bad luck."

Diabetes Could Affect Brain Growth in Children

12.29.2014 17:35 PM

While diabetes is often known as a disease affecting the breakdown of sugar, most do not know about the implications of the disease's affects on the circulatory system. As a disease that limits blood flow, as well as organ health, diabetes has been known to cause other dreaded ailments, that if left unchecked, may have a debilitating effect on a person's life. Vital organs are the usual casualties of diabetes, with cataracts that lead to blindness, as well as, kidney malfunction being some of the ramifications associated with the disease. A recent study published in the journal Diabetes found that type-one diabetes may affect another organ in children in particular-the brain. The study saw a difference in brain development of children with diabetes, compared with children not suffering from the disease.

Mobile Phone Use Linked to a Deadly Brain Cancer

11.12.2014 21:33 PM

Mobile phones linked to a deadly brain cancer, but there's no need to worry, researchers Say. A recent study has linked frequent mobile or wireless phone use to glioma, a certain kind of deadly cancer, and suggests that those who have been using their mobile phones for 25 years have thrice the risk of developing the disease compared to those with one year of wireless phone use.

Harvard Researchers Discover Possible Cure for Cancer

10.26.2014 15:19 PM

Researchers from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital have discovered a way of transforming stem cells into a cancer-killer machine.