Bladder Cancer
Show 1341: Lessons Learned from Long Illness
You may not have thought much about long illness, but chances are you know someone who is suffering with one. The CDC estimates that some chronic condition afflicts as many as one in six American adul…
Show 1328: Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks
Our interview this week is all about repurposing medications. Hundreds of rare diseases don’t have effective treatments. Even some common conditions lack approved therapies. The research to develop …
Vitamin D Deficiency Is Linked to Bladder Cancer
Epidemiologists have linked vitamin D deficiency to several cancers, including those of the breast, colon, pancreas and prostate. British researchers report that low levels of vitamin D also increases…
Big Week for New Cancer Breakthrough Drugs!
This was an impressive week for the Food and Drug Administration and cancer treatment. The feds gave cancer breakthrough status to an extraordinary number of therapies for hard-to-treat malignancies. …
Nitrates and Bladder Cancer
Common ingredients in processed meat like salami, bologna, hot dogs and ham may increase the risk of bladder cancer. Nitrates and nitrites are frequently used to preserve lunch meats and hot dogs. The…