Imagine being in the fight of your life, feeling the weight of a cancer diagnosis. I know that feeling all too well. When I was faced with the conventional options of chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery after my Stage 4 Melanoma diagnosis, it didn’t take long before I realized that wasn’t the path I wanted to take.
A study of nearly 50,000 women found that girls who developed breasts before age 10 faced a 23% higher risk of breast cancer than those who began developing at age 12 or 13. Learn more about these crucial findings and their impact on women’s health.
Overall, treatment costs for someone diagnosed at stage IV — when cancer has spread throughout the body — are an average of $156,000 higher than for those diagnosed at stage I, when the disease is localized.
While fasting and caloric restriction have long been known to promote autophagy, moderate exercise is emerging as one of the most accessible and effective ways to stimulate this process.
MIT researchers have uncovered a surprising new mechanism behind a widely-used cancer treatment.
