Today, a cell phone can do infinitely more than an old rotary. It’s a camera, calculator, photo album, TV, shopping mall, encyclopedia, and much more. The internet offers seemingly endless information about any topic you can think of. To an outsider, one small device seems to access an entire dimension that exists only on screens....
For decades, the narrative around breast cancer has been clearly defined: it is primarily a disease of older age, something to be vigilant about after age 50. While crucial, this narrative is rapidly being rewritten by unsettling scientific data. A dangerous trend is emerging from clinics and research labs across the world, forcing oncologists and...
For decades, cancer sat at the top of most people’s health fears. That is now changing in a striking way. New research from at-home care provider Home Instead, found that dementia has become Britain’s biggest health fear, overtaking cancer in the minds of family carers. Around 31% of family carers now fear dementia most, while...
Cancer researchers have chased the idea of a universal cancer vaccine for decades. The promise sounds bold and almost impossible at first. One platform would help the immune system recognize many different tumors and attack them more effectively. Recent work at the University of Florida now brings that vision a little closer to reality. The...
When we think of cancer risk, factors like smoking, sun exposure, or family history often spring to mind, while these are certainly important, the single most significant risk factor for developing cancer is something none of us can avoid: aging. The incidence of cancer rises dramatically with age. In fact, most cancers are diagnosed in...
When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, for that person and their family, their world shrinks – especially when that diagnosis is terminal. Regular life gets put on hold while a desperate search begins for anything that might offer a chance. A new drug, a promising trial, anything. Sometimes, however, the ‘miracle’ they’re looking...
Early-onset colorectal cancer once seemed rare, yet doctors now diagnose it more often in people under 50. Researchers increasingly treat early-onset disease as a distinct challenge with different life stages and exposures than later diagnoses. One expert review explains that “in the past decades, the incidence of colorectal cancer in people under the age of...
Gray hair often feels like a simple sign of passing time. It is easy to see it as a cosmetic change and nothing more. Yet new evidence links hair pigmentation to deep cellular decisions that also touch cancer risk. In mice, melanocyte stem cells within hair follicles choose between two fates when stressed. One future...
Pancreatic cancer is often referred to as a silent disease because early signs are typically quite subtle. People may first notice vague tummy pains, backache, or even unexpected weight loss. Others only realize something is wrong when jaundice suddenly appears. However, newer patient reports and guidance highlight another early clue in some people. The first...
As if Millennials need something else to be stressed about, here’s one more. Defined as those born between 1981 and 1995, millennials are facing alarming cancer rates at younger ages and more frequently than their parents’ generation. Data shows that between 1990 and 2019, cases of early-onset cancer – cancer under 50 – increased by...
A cancer diagnosis forces us to make decisions that we never imagined ourselves making. This is especially when the regular treatments don’t seem to be working. Faced with a recurrence of her cancer and limited conventional treatment options, a 42-year-old former champion bodybuilder and paramedic, Sarah Ford, made a deeply personal decision that put her...
Bacon, ham, hot dogs, and salami can be found in many people’s weekly shopping baskets. Yet scientists are urging tougher action because of the associated cancer risks. In late October 2025, UK experts renewed calls for cigarette-style bacon cancer warnings on food, or a phase-out of nitrite preservatives. This push arrived a decade after the...
