Cancers: what are the established risk factors?

Tumors in recent years are talked about a lot: both because, Unfortunately, they are diseases that affect millions of people; both because, fortunately, biomedical research makes continuous progress in the understanding of their causes and in identifying strategies preventive and therapeutic measures that help counteract them. Being informed on the topic is important, but the excess of information on such a complex can be a bit confusing and lead to unnecessary behavior or wrong. For example, do you know what the main known risk factors of the Cancers and how to avoid them? Test yourself with this quiz.

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Coronavirus updates: what you need to know

More than a third of the world’s population is made to stay at home or limit their movements. The worldwide count of COVID-19 cases today totals more than 483,000, with

Dealing with “strong” emotions? Try it this way

Strong emotions are sought by some people to “feel alive.” But there is emotion and emotion, and certain “strong emotions” are very unpleasant both for those who experience them and

Itching: all causes (often unknown)

In addition to being a sure annoyance, itching can be a telltale sign of a more or less severe disease, a reaction of the body to particular substances or treatments,

Can anemia cause fatigue?

An insufficiency of iron in the blood can result an anemia, responsible ius considerable fatigue. In women, anemia is a recurrent occurrence because of the menstrual cycle. When there is anemia the

Great physicians of antiquity: Galen

Galen, (he was born in Pergamon in 129 A.D. ,and died in 201) devoted his life to the knowledge and dissemination of Medicine in the Greek world, passing on his knowledge until the beginning of the Renaissance.

Breast cancer, mechanism causes metastasis unveiled

One of the most frequent forms of breast cancer, intraductal breast carcinoma (IDC) represents a commitment for Italian research to seek therapies tailored against carcinoma type. This type of cancer

What is that tingling in the hands and feet?

If we experience numbness in our hands or feet or a feeling like having thorns, then it may be that some medicine or any of the following are the cause.

The CDC in the US (Center for Disease Control): new symptoms of COVID-19

The Center for Disease Control has added several symptoms to the list of Coronavirus symptoms. Meanwhile, several hospitals in New York are testing Covid-19 patients on a common drug usually

What kind of mask can be used to prevent transmission of COVID-19 virus?

There are different types of masks, fabric ones, surgical ones those referred to by the acronyms FFP2 and FFP3, which differ in various characteristics related to composition, ability to act

Not just drugs and alcohol: addictions are many more

Even when they are not related to the intake of substances with a direct harmful action on the body, addictions are always negative because they make one a slave to

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