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☆ More young people are being diagnosed with cancer. 3 lifestyle changes could reduce your risk, according to a cancer dietitian.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA dietitian specializing in cancer prevention told Business Insider that simple lifestyle changes can be powerful when it comes to reducing the risk of developing cancer. The rates of younger adults being diagnosed with cancer have been rising since the '90s, according to the American Cancer Society, with colorectal, breast, and stomach cancers a particular concern. But certain lifestyle choices can help to prevent cancer, Tejal Parekh, a registered and licensed dietitian who specializes in helping mesothelioma patients reduce cancer symptoms through diet at Asbestos.com, told Business Insider. Research suggests that diets high in salt are linked to an increased risk of stomach cancer. Exercise regularly and maintain a healthy weightBeing physically active for at least 30 minutes daily can help prevent cancer, Parekh said.

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Political Cartoons View All 1211 Images“Until we get more Black women into clinical trials, we can’t change the science. Black women are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women and tend to be diagnosed younger. As recruiting continues, enrolling Black women and other women of color will “absolutely” continue as a priority, Pisano said. At the U.S. study sites, 21% of study participants are Black women — that's higher than a typical cancer treatment study, in which 9% of participants are Black, McCaskill-Stevens said. Her sister recently completed treatment for triple negative breast cancer, an aggressive type that affects Black women at higher rates than white women.

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CNN —President Joe Biden will nominate Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, who currently leads the National Cancer Institute, to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health, the White House announced on Monday. Biden called Bertagnolli “a world-class physician-scientist whose vision and leadership will ensure NIH continues to be an engine of innovation to improve the health of the American people,” in a statement Monday. She would lead the country’s medical research agency, overseeing 27 research institutes and centers focused on different areas of medical research, such as cancer, the human genome, as well as allergy and infectious diseases. The nomination to lead NIH marks a fast ascent within the Biden administration for Bertagnolli. In this August 2022 photo, Monica Bertagnolli, newly appointed director of the National Cancer Institute, stands for recognition during remarks by President Joe Biden.

☆ Fact Check-Antineoplastons not a proven ‘cancer cure’ and not an approved treatment
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Online claims that the drugs are a cancer “cure” and that any of them has been FDA-approved are misleading, a cancer expert and an FDA official told Reuters. A video viewed more than 135,000 times on Facebook begins with: “THIS CURE FOR CANCER WAS DISCOVERED 42 YEARS AGO…” (here). A search of the database also shows no reported Phase 3 or randomized controlled studies on any antineoplastons as a cancer treatment. To approve a drug, FDA requires phase 3 studies to demonstrate “whether or not a product offers a treatment benefit to a specific population” (here). Cancer Research UK and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center also caution about the lack of evidence for antineoplastons in treating cancer (here), (here).

☆ A Peloton instructor was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 35. Here's how common the disease is at every age.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A 35-year-old Peloton instructor recently said she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Peloton instructor Leanne Hainsby, who is 35, announced in a recent Instagram post that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in August and has been undergoing treatments since then. The risk for getting breast cancer increases with age. The American Cancer Society recommends that women at average risk for breast cancer start getting screened at age 45, and considers screenings beginning at age 40. While treatments for breast cancer vary depending on the stage of the disease, they can include chemotherapy, surgery, and hormonal therapy.

☆ A former Harvard chemist just raised $178 million for a biotech startup that plans to treat previously untreatable cancers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Andrew Dunn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The biotech FogPharma has raised $178 million in a Series D round. The longtime Harvard chemist Greg Verdine founded Fog to tackle "undruggable" cancers. Fog's drugs, known as polypeptides or short fragments of proteins, blur the line between small molecules and biologics, sharing characteristics of both types of medicines. Verdine calls it "the magic structure" for Fog's drugs. "I thought he'd be able to find things that bind, but I was very skeptical that he could turn them into drugs," Klausner told Insider.

☆ FBI strânge cooperarea cu agenţiile de spionaj pentru a lupta împotriva hackerilor
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Poliţia federală americană (FBI) va conlucra mai strâns cu agenţiile de spionaj şi companiile de internet, în cadrul unei noi strategii federale vizând combaterea piraţilor informatici străini, transmite joi agenţia Reuters, citând înalţi responsabili ai FBI.Decizia vine după un an în care Centrul american de reclamaţii privind infracţionalitatea online a înregistrat în total 467.361 de plângeri, însumând pierderi de peste 3,5 miliarde de dolari în dauna unor persoane fizice şi companii.Strategia FBI prevede reorganizarea personalului cu responsabilităţi în combaterea criminalităţii informatice şi contrainformaţii cibernetice şi pune un accent pe crearea de parteneriate cu agenţiile de poliţie străine, precum şi cu companiile private de internet, care deţin frecvent cele mai utile informaţii legate de activităţile hackerilor, a explicat Matt Gorham, director adjunct al diviziei pentru criminalitatea informatică.Între altele, va dobândi un nou statut Centrul operativ naţional de investigaţii informatice NCI-JTF, organism guvernamental cu sediul la Chantilly, statul Virginia, în cadrul căruia lucrează specialişti din peste 30 de agenţii federale, inclusiv CIA, Agenţia pentru securitate naţională şi Serviciul Secret. Acesta va servi drept pilon central al eforturilor guvernamentale de monitorizare şi combatere a atacurilor informatice.Obiectivul acestei strategii este de a combina "instrumentele şi autoritatea tuturor" pentru a obţine rezultate mai bune, a spus Gorham.De o atenţie specială vor beneficia "centrele de misiuni" având divizii informatice separate în cadrul FBI, care vor monitoriza interferenţele din direcţia Rusiei, Chinei şi Iranului, considerate principalele ameninţări informatice. "Admitem că prea multă vreme principalii noştri adversari străini au considerat că pot ataca reţelele SUA, pot fura proprietate intelectuală, pot pune în pericol infrastructura noastră critică fără a se pune pe ei înşişi în vreun pericol", a spus Tonya Ugoretz, asistent adjunct al directorului diviziei informatice a FBI.Unii experţi în securitate naţională au apreciat însă că aceste parteneriate ar putea duce la conflicte interne, diferite agenţii de informaţii şi investigaţie putând avea scopuri diferite, ce pot intra în conflict. "Este inevitabil ca aceste diferenţe să creeze tensiuni în ce priveşte priorităţile, dar trebuie încercat pentru că trebuie să înţelegem mai bine ecosistemul infracţional", a spus Michael Daniel, fost înalt oficial american şi actual preşedinte al Cyber Threat Alliance, scrie agerpres.ro.

Persons: Reuters, Matt Gorham, Michael Daniel Organizations: FBI, CIA Locations: Chantilly, Virginia, Rusiei, Chinei, Iranului, SUA

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