Steve Jobs has just died of pancreatic cancer, as has the late Nobel Prize in Medicine Ralph M. Steinman. Despite being one of the least frequent, it is also one of the deadliest due to its late diagnosis, being the fourth leading cause of cancer death worldwide. We explain what its main risk factors are as well as the treatments.
Sitting more than six hours a day increases the risk of mortality, especially in the case of women. The negative effects are reduced if we periodically take breaks of at least one minute to move around the room, refill a glass of water, go to a co-worker's table instead of writing him an email?
This is stated in a study carried out by researchers at the Hospital Vall d´Hebrón in Barcelona and the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols", published in the journal PLos One. The VDR receptor for vitamin D prevents beta-catenin, a key protein in the transformation of cells into cancer.
Drinking coffee and even applying it directly to the skin can be effective in preventing non-melanoma skin cancer, the most commonly diagnosed skin cancer caused by sun exposure. According to a study by Rutgers University (USA), caffeine acts at the molecular level by inhibiting a protein in the skin called ATR that, when neturalized, leads to the destruction of cells damaged by ultraviolet rays.
Women who smoke have a 25% higher risk of developing coronary heart disease and having a heart attack than men, even if they smoke fewer cigarettes per day, according to a study published in the journal 'The Lancet'. For every year a woman smokes the risk increases by 2%.
According to a new study carried out by the University of Oxford and published in the medical journal 'The Lancet Oncology', in women the risk of cancer increases by 16% for every 10 centimeters of height above 1.55 meters .
A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of the Tasmanian devil, a carnivorous marsupial that can only be found on that Australian island and is on the way to extinction due to a lethal infectious facial cancer called the Facial Tumor of the Demons.
According to a study conducted by the University of Washington (USA), driving in the summer with your arm out of the car increases the risk of skin cancer. Both melanoma and Merkel cell carcinoma have a higher incidence in the left arm.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
