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• Why Does Alzheimer’s Progress More Rapidly for Some Than for Others?

  Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease. Over a period of many years, symptoms will slowly become more severe, and a person’s overall condition will worsen. Each person experiences a different progression of symptoms over a different stretch of time, though many will experience slow-moving...

• What is Mesothelioma?

  Mesothelioma is an aggressive form of cancer that affects the mesothelium, the protective tissue lining covering internal organs, like the lungs and abdomen. Cancer of mesothelium may begin in the pleural membrane, the abdominal cavity or the heart. The cancerous cells may then invade the...

• What Causes Testicular Cancer?

  If you were to pose this simple question to your doctor, you would get the response that science does not know for sure what triggers cancer in the testes. But if you were to dig a little deeper, you may be drawn into a discussion on chromosomes and genes, the basic building blocks of life, and how...

• The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to Expand Mission Against Blood Cancer

  On July 19, 2017, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, or LLS, proclaimed that they would be expanding their initiative to beat acute myeloid leukemia. Referred to as "Beat AML Master Trial", the project aims to test new and innovative treatments for those suffering from AML. For more information...

• Can Aspirin Lower the Risk of Diabetes?

  Diabetes alone already brings so many difficulties, not only to the person that has it but also to the family of the patient. The high blood sugar levels happening when a person has diabetes is because of insufficient insulin production or the cells that are not responding well to insulin. The most...

• Immunotherapy for Melanoma

  Immunotherapy, in general, is a treatment process that uses some medications to activate an individual's own immune system to effectively recognize and kill cancer cells. Immunotherapy for melanoma is based on the principle that a person’s own immune system is able to generate an immune response...