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New Developments in Breast Cancer Screening and Treatment
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women (although men can get it too). Some breast cancers are driven by inherited mutations while most are sporadic, driven by unknown causes or by environmental or behavioral factors like obesity,…
Expanding Male Contraceptive Options: Study Investigating A New Contraceptive Gel
Men who wish to control their fertility currently have limited options. They have to rely on their female partner using contraceptives, use condoms, undergo vasectomy, or abstain. The male contraceptive study being discussed is testing a gel as a possible…
Understanding the approach to integrative oncology
Research suggests that cancer patients are interested in using additional interventions that may help improve the efficacy of conventional cancer treatments, increase their chance of survival, and/or reduce their symptom burden associated with cancer or treatments. They are also looking…
PCOS & Menstrual Cycle – A PCOS Community Q&A Session
PCOS is an enigmatic disease with the most common symptoms being irregular menstrual cycles and ovulation leading to infertility in many cases. We created a PCOS Tracker, a free app for women to track their PCOS symptoms, and as it…
Beating Leukemia with Groundbreaking CAR-T Cell Therapy
Dr. Stephan A. Grupp made history when he treated the first child with CAR T cell therapy, Emily Whitehead, who is now more than five years cancer-free. In CAR-T cell therapy, a patient's own genetically altered immune cells fight cancer.…