September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month, and with the disease currently the second most common cancer in men worldwide, we wanted to provide relevant and pertinent information about this widespread condition. Signs and Symptoms: Early stage prostate cancer typically does not present any symptoms. More advanced stages...
Research from WorldCare Consortium™ member Mayo Clinic has found that prior to cognitive loss, “zombie” cells (also referred to as senescent cells) collect in certain brain cells. Researchers at the hospital were able to decrease tau protein accumulation, death of neurons and memory loss by...
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and with over 250,000 new cases of ovarian cancer presenting every year, we wanted to take the time to inform you of the signs, symptoms, treatment options and pertinent statistics surrounding the seventh most commonly diagnosed cancer in women...
Last week, on Friday, September 7, Drs. Hassan Sharif, Chief Operating Officer, and Richard Heinzl, Global Medical Director, presented at the 4th Annual International Health and Wellness Tourism Congress at the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. WorldCare’s local representative Medical Motion Corporate...
It has been nearly impossible to develop chemicals that would block certain molecular drivers of cancer growth, making these particular molecules, which promote cancer growth, “undruggable.” Many of them function by passing cancer-promoting information through a gate in the cell nucleus, where the instructions are...
A new study from WorldCare Consortium™ member UCLA Health published in the American Journal of Cardiology found that, in direct contradiction to marketing efforts claiming that hookah (water pipe) smoking is less of a health hazard than cigarettes, just one half-hour of hookah smoking resulted...
Researchers from WorldCare Consortium™ member Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found how thalidomide produced such severe fetal harm in thousands of children whose mothers took it while pregnant. The discovery not only answers a mysterious question that has been the subject of scientific curiosity for two...
The diagnosis of diseases based in internal organs frequently relies on biopsy samples from the affected regions, but collecting such samples is often error-prone due to the fact that current endoscopic imaging techniques are unable to accurately visualize disease sites. Conventional optical elements in catheters...
A new study from WorldCare Consortium™ member Boston Children’s Hospital provides insight into why non-damaged portions of spinal cord frequently don’t permit movement below the actual site of spinal cord injury in patients. In addition, the study shows that injection with a small-molecule compound can...
A new study led by investigators at WorldCare Consortium™ member Brigham and Women’s Hospital has found that checkpoint blockade immunotherapies provide significant improvements in overall survival for patients with melanoma brain metastases. The researchers were able to gather a large enough dataset to determine the effectiveness...