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Making Advanced Cancer a Chronic Disease

“CANCER SPREAD” HAS SUCH dreadful implications. Having helped individuals with cancer for over three decades, discussions around metastases still shake me. Fortunately, age-adjusted death rates are...

How Too Much Iron (or Too Little) Puts Your Health at Risk

IRON DEFICIENCY IS COMMON in humans. On the other hand, excessive iron (for example, with hemochromatosis) is associated with an increased risk of developing several cancers, including breast, colorectal, liver, and prostate.

Understanding the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines: Insights from a Major International Study

Studies confirm that the known risks of COVID-19 vaccines are very rare and that the benefits outweigh the potential risks.

Obesity Causes Cancer? It’s Complicated

BEING OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE IS ASSOCIATED with a higher risk of more than a dozen cancers.