Cancer

The landscape of cancer diagnostics is vast and multifaceted, with a variety of tests aiding in early detection and effective management of the disease. From blood tests that reveal potential malignancies to advanced imaging techniques providing intricate visualizations, each method contributes vital insights into a comprehensive diagnosis. As technology progresses, emerging innovations like multi-cancer detection […]

Nearly one-third of cancer patients die from a side-effect you’ve likely never heard of: cancer cachexia. With cachexia, a patient loses a significant amount of weight due to their disease, with considerable losses of muscle mass. Muscle plays essential roles in movement, exercise and metabolism. Simple things like walking up the stairs, doing laundry and […]

Early intervention is crucial, so it’s important to get informed. Here’s what you need to know about bladder cancer! 

The World Health Organization declared on July 14, 2023, that the widely used synthetic sweetener aspartame could be a “possible” carcinogen, or cancer-causing agent, on the basis of “limited evidence for cancer in humans.” But the agency also concluded that the currently available data does not warrant a change of the acceptable daily intake of […]

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has declared aspartame may be a possible carcinogenic hazard to humans. Another branch of the WHO, the Joint WHO and Food and Agriculture Organization’s Expert Committee on Food Additives has assessed the risk and developed recommendations […]

According to reports, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization (WHO), is set to declare the artificial sweetener aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic to humans”. Aspartame is about 200 times sweeter than sugar and is one of the most commonly used artificial sweeteners. It’s used particularly in “low calorie” […]