leukemia

The 7th person is likely to be ‘cured’ of HIV in an exceptional case

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The 7th person is likely to be 'cured' of HIV in an exceptional case

A seventh person has been essentially cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant nearly a decade ago, doctors announced Thursday. The unidentified 60-year-old German man was suffering from acute myeloid leukemia when he underwent the risky procedure to replace his unhealthy bone marrow in October 2015. He stopped taking anti-retroviral drugs – which … Read more

Gen X, millennials at highest risk of developing 17 cancers

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Gen X, millennials at highest risk of developing 17 cancers

Here’s another reason for a midlife crisis: Surprising new research suggests that Gen X and millennial Americans are at higher risk of developing 17 cancers than older generations. American Cancer Society researchers calculated generational cancer rates based on 23.6 million cancer cases and 7.3 million cancer deaths from 2000 to 2019. Surprising new research from … Read more