Mediterranean Diet Could Help Stop Prostate Cancer’s Spread
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Women May Transmit Cancer to Infants in Childbirth, Reports Suggest
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New Clues Into How Cancers Originate in the Brain
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Statins may protect the heart from chemotherapy treatment of early breast cancer

Research Highlights:
- Women who take statins, the common cholesterol-lowering medication, during chemotherapy with anthracyclines for early-stage breast cancer are half as likely to require emergency department visits or hospitalization for heart failure in the 5 years after chemotherapy.
- There was also evidence that women […]
New training modules help researchers bring science to life by improved communication

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 5, 2021 — The current pandemic has increased public interest in scientific discovery and highlighted the importance of clearly communicating research findings. To meet this need, the American Heart Association and TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine now offer […]
Vaping combined with smoking is likely as harmful as smoking cigarettes alone

Research Highlights:
- People who smoked traditional cigarettes in addition to using e-cigarettes experienced health effects as harmful as those who smoked cigarettes exclusively; those effects are associated with a higher risk for cardiovascular disease and death.
- In a large data analysis of more than […]
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
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Cancer Survivors at Higher Odds for Second Cancer: Study
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African Americans can significantly cut stroke risk by quitting smoking
African Americans are already almost twice as likely as whites to die from stroke. Now, new research finds that African Americans who smoke have more than double the risk of stroke, compared with African Americans who have never smoked.
A National Institutes […]