(Natural News) Scientists have found a chemical compound that can help the immune system fight pancreatic cancer. A recent study by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St. Louis and Rush University in Chicago promises new hope for people who are fighting this deadly disease. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most challenging cancers to treat. Traditional treatments such […]

(Natural News) For the longest time, scientists have been trying to find a way to give people immunity against cancer. While cancer immunotherapy exists, one of its problems is that it tends to cause diabetes in a small percentage of patients. Now, a collaborative effort by three nonprofit organizations aims to understand how cancer immunotherapy can […]

(Natural News) The misuse of antibiotic medicine leading to antibiotic resistance in diseases that they are supposed to help cure has long been understood. New research now shows that taking antibiotics can affect the effectiveness of immunotherapy in cancer patients as well. A recent study, published in the journal Science this November by a group of […]

(Natural News) A vegetable used to enrich the taste of Indian, Middle Eastern, and Southern U.S. cuisine could also make those same meals much more healthy. Chinese researchers reported that consuming okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) could improve the efficacy of the immune system, even the ones compromised by immunosuppression. The immune system is the natural protection […]

(Natural News) There are plenty of heartbreaking stories about chemotherapy failing, but once in a while, that failure can actually have a happy ending. That’s what happened to 52-year-old Judy Perkins, who found herself a few months from death as breast cancer spread throughout her body. She had a mastectomy and had her lymph nodes […]

(Natural News) There is no doubt that a cancer diagnosis is absolutely devastating. Sadly, most of us have been affected by this disease, either directly or through having to watch a friend or family member suffer with it. It is therefore understandable that the idea of a cancer vaccine would be wholeheartedly embraced by most […]