Dietary prevention of metastasis to increase cancer survival

Over a million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer this year. Most patients don’t succumb to the initial tumor, but rather to metastatic (spread to another body site) tumors, or drug side effects. For instance, melanoma comprises four percent of skin cancers, but 80 percent of skin cancer deaths, due to its metastatic potential. Keeping cancer from spreading starts with a healthy anti-inflammatory diet. (more…)

Dabigatran beats warfarin in VTE

The new findings, presented Sunday at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2009 Meeting and published online in the New England Journal of Medicine, come hard on the heels of the RE-LY results, reported by heartwire, showing dabigatran to be superior to warfarin in preventing strokes and peripheral embolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)  (more…)