Cancer Commentary

New Early Stage Ovarian Cancer Test: 99 Percent Accurate?

A blood test that has enough sensitivity and specificity to detect early stage ovarian cancer (cancer of the ovary) with 99 percent accuracy has been developed by Yale School of Medicine...

Maizy Grace and Retreat for Breast Cancer Survivors

How was your weekend people? Mine was just terrible, I was locked up inside the house. It has been raining non-stop the last week, including this weekend. A t least on that front, my weekend just...

Obesity and Cancer

Obesity has always been linked by experts to high risk of developing metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and most especially cardiovascular diseases . In fact, all these conditions are closely linked...

Valentine’s Day May Be Good For Your Heart

In lieu of February being the American Heart Month, I would like to contribute this post (not cancer related!) in the b5media Science and Health Channel Theme Day. The month of February has...

Happy Valentine’s Day To All

It’s already Valentine’s Day here in my part of the world. I hope you are having a good, quiet time. Thankfully, it’s quite remote here (where I am), so that only crickets are...

Bon Jovi On Lung Cancer Cure Concert

Yes. The Bon Jovi himself dedicated the kickoff concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom (Manhattan, Tuesday night) to the guitarist’s Richie Sambora’s father - Adam Sambora - who died of lung...

Mole and Melanoma: A Tale of Two Melanocytes

Mole and melanoma are both melanocytes that turn separate ways when given the same genetic mutation: one stops growing turning into a benign mole while the other gets out of control developing into...

Contests Galore This Month at b5media Science & Health Channel

Here at b5media Science and Health Channel, it is not just the red heart month, but also a month of contests. I am a sucker for freebies. And since I have been blogging, I have won quite a few stuff...

4 Days ‘Til Valentine’s Day

Almost forgot it’s the love month. That one day of the year I enjoy ‘hiding’ — either in my college dorm bunk or in my room in the old apartment (when I used to live alone). I...

Vaccine Booster to Resist Lung Cancer Recurrence?

That may not be unheard of according to a clinical study of a team headed by the international Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR): What if we could prevent cancer recurrence for years after...