Adolescent and young adults who survived at least two years after a cancer diagnosis had nearly double the risk of being hospitalized compared with their siblings and unrelated, age-matched people without cancer, according to results published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. “Few studies have investigated […]
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New inflammatory biomarker predicts elevated thrombosis risk in cancer patients
Cancer patients are known to have an increased risk of thrombosis. As part of the CATS study, MedUni Vienna researchers have now investigated a correlation between an activated immune system in cancer patients and their risk of thrombosis. It was found that citrullinated histone 3, known as “H3Cit”, a protein released into the blood by […]
Blacks Have Elevated HTN Risk Through Age 55 Years
FRIDAY, July 13, 2018 — Blacks have considerably increased risk for hypertension than whites through age 55 years, regardless of blood pressure levels through young adulthood, according to a study published online July 11 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. S. Justin Thomas, Ph.D., from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues […]