Topic: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
A new category of drug brakes the growth of treatment-resistant lung cancer among lab mice, according to a study published on Thursday in the science journal Nature. The new type could add powerfully to a small family of drugs called epidermal growth factor receptor (EPFR) inhibitors, say its finders. It tackles mutations in a specific form of lung tumour that ...
Recent research has given hope to melanoma patients: vitamin D can help you survive this very serious disease. Studies have shown that those melanoma patients with high amounts of vitamin D in their bloodstreams were up to 30 percent more likely to survive.
Vitamin D is produced by the body when sunlight strikes the skin. Although too much sunlight raises ...
The spires of The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help tower above Mission Hill, one of Boston's most culturally diverse neighborhoods, an area filled with the very kinds of people whose causes Sen. Edward Kennedy championed for nearly half a century in the Senate. It's home to large African-American and Hispanic populations, a place where Colonial and ...
Terminally ill cancer patients who relied heavily on religion to help them cope were more likely to want and receive aggressive medical intervention to prolong life in their final days, according to a recent study. This intervention often results in a lower quality of life and a more painful death than end-of-life care focused on relieving of suffering, and also ...
