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Large Study Links Nut Consumption to Reduced Death Rate
In the largest study of its kind, people who ate a daily handful of nuts were 20 percent less likely to die from any cause over a 30-year period than were those who didn’t consume nuts, say scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and...
11/15/2013 11:00 AM EST
Joint Center for Cancer Precision Medicine Established
The Joint Center for Cancer Precision Medicine, a collaborative initiative among Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, has been established to create...
11/12/2013 8:00 AM EST
Study Finds New Genetic Error in Some Lung Cancers
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the University of Colorado Cancer Center report on a gene fusion that spurs the cells to divide rapidly. Treating the cells with a compound that blocks the protein caused the cells to die which may...
10/26/2013 12:00 PM EDT
Scientists Identify Protein Linking Exercise to Brain Health
A protein that is increased by endurance exercise has been isolated and given to non-exercising mice, in which it turned on genes that promote brain health and encourage the growth of new nerves involved in learning and memory, report scientists...
10/10/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Newly Discovered Gene Regulator Could Precisely Target Sickle Cell Disease
A research team from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and other institutions has discovered a new genetic target for potential therapy of sickle cell disease (SCD). The target, called an enhancer, controls a molecular...
10/10/2013 2:00 PM EDT
Young Women with Breast Cancer Often Overestimate the Benefit of Having Second Breast Removed
A survey of young women with breast cancer found that many often overestimate the odds that cancer will occur in their other, healthy breast, and decide to have the healthy breast surgically removed even though most understood that removing both...
9/16/2013 11:00 AM EDT
Major Cancer Genotyping Study Logs 5,000th Tumor Profile
More than 5,000 genetic profiles of tumor DNA have been completed in a large research study by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Boston Children’s Hospital designed to speed the development of...
9/12/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Five Things Parents of Children with Cancer Should Know
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and Lisa Diller, MD, chief medical officer of Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, advises parents to remain positive.
9/12/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Leading Breast Cancer Expert Available to Comment on Young Women with Breast Cancer
11/11/2013 5:00 PM EST
National Cancer Report Underscores Need for Research Funding; Dana-Farber Expert Says Scientific Advances Merit Support
9/17/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Vaccinating Children Against HPV?
The Human papillomavirus, or HPV, and its link to certain cancers has been in the headlines recently, reigniting the debate whether it is appropriate to vaccinate children against the virus. Robert Haddad, MD, the disease center lead at...
6/7/2013 12:00 PM EDT
Prophylactic Double Mastectomy: Angelina Makes a Private Choice a Public Issue
5/24/2013 3:00 PM EDT
News Tip: New Research on Teenage Girls and Melanoma Makes This the Season for Tanning Stories
Prom season and summer approach, and with them teenage girls seeking suntans. New research published in the May issue of Pediatrics finds that the number of children diagnosed with melanoma has increased an average 2% a year since the 1970s.
5/17/2013 8:00 AM EDT
Healthy Holiday Helpings: Experts Offer Tips to Fight Cancer with Your Fork This Holiday Season
The holidays are almost here and festive food is everywhere. “While these foods are delicious to eat, some have the added bonus of containing cancer-preventing nutrients,” says Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD/LDN, a nutritionist at Dana-Farber Cancer...
10/23/2009 1:00 PM EDT
