Cancer Benefits and Risks from Ozempic, Wegovy and Other Weight Loss Drugs | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center mskcc.org/news/cancer-be…

Why are so many young people getting cancer? What the data say nature.com/articles/d4158…?

Does Menopause Cause Breast Cancer? Learn more in this ⁦IndiaToday⁩ interview with ⁦Neil Iyengar.⁩ Health Wealth, Ep 31 podcasts.indiatoday.in/health/health-…

Medical students' attitudes and perceived competence regarding medical cannabis and its suggestibility pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38360743/

This spring break, join a vibrant community of NYU change agents at Camp Changemaker (March 18-20)! Undergrad students will explore and identify social impact opportunities aligned with their academic and professional goals. Apply by February 21nd at bit.ly/nyu_change

Great study digging into association of #exercise with pan-cancer incidence. Reduced risk in some, but not all cancers, and different exercise doses required (breast: 4+; lung: 2-3 hrs/wk) Jessica Lavery Chaya Moskowitz cell.com/cancer-cell/fu…

CancerNetwork and the journal ONCOLOGY are very excited to announce our new co-editor-in-chief of solid tumors, Neil Iyengar from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Stay tuned to see new initiatives from him and Julie Vose, as we move into 2024!

Dr. Neil Iyengar, director of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Healthy Living program, was presented with an Oncology Heroes art piece at the Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium for his dedication to cancer research and care. #CFS

New study from Jones lab: In >11,000 people with cancer and up to 25 yrs followup, exercise reduced all-cause mortality by 25% and reduced risk of cancer-specific death for kidney and head and neck cancers.

Summary:
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Article:
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“College is a unique time in your life to discover just how much your mind can do.” via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2023/09/04/opi…

On the road to modern human evolution, there was a population crash about 930,000 years ago that our ancestors almost didn’t survive, some scientists have concluded. Not all experts are buying it. nyti.ms/487bUQ2

Modern agriculture has not been kind to soils. Regenerative practices can increase soil health and store carbon, slowing #ClimateChange and generating carbon credits that can be sold. But calculating the benefits is tricky.

Learn more: scim.ag/3zQ News from Science

PFASs are extraordinarily useful, but after they escape from factories, homes and vehicles into the environment, they add to a forever-growing pollution problem. go.nature.com/3Ojwt2m

Ancient Buddhist murals in northwestern China are under ‘direct threat’ as a result of unprecedented levels of rainfall brought about by climate change, according to researchers reut.rs/3QkTKE3

Africa is underrepresented in genomic studies.

This isn’t all due to lack of genomic data but partly due to lack of motivation by African scientists to share their data as a result of previous exploitation, mistrust, and misuse of research participant samples and data.

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According to the United States special envoy on climate change, John Kerry, the US will not pay reparations to developing countries hit by climate-fueled disasters under any circumstances reuters.com/world/us/us-un…

Is aspartame bad for you? WHO weighs in on the artificial sweetener usatoday.com/story/news/hea…

This week in Nature: Troubled Waters - Plastic pollution in reefs and freshwater ecosystems

Read the full issue here: nature.com/nature/volumes…

Humanity is eating too much meat - putting pressure on animals, people, and the planet.

Here are some alternatives: nature.com/articles/d4158…

The first genome-wide search for long-COVID risk factors could pave the way for larger studies go.nature.com/43nQytS