A new study has found elevated levels of benzene, a human carcinogen, in a string of top-selling dry shampoo brands. Researchers at Valisure, a New Haven, Connecticut-based independent analytical laboratory, tested 148 batches from 34 different brands using industry-standard GC-MS technology. Among the dry shampoo’s tested were those from the brands Redken, Not Your Mother’s, Sebastian, Batiste, OGX, and Paul…
More Top-Selling Dry Shampoos Found to Have Cancer-Causing Benzene: Study
Exercise During Chemo Helps Your Heart, Lungs Recover
When you are getting chemotherapy, exercise may be the last thing on your mind. Now, new research suggests it should be the first. Exercising during chemotherapy is safe, improves long-term cardiac and respiratory function, and may help ease some of the ravages of treatment, Dutch researchers report. If you can’t exercise during chemotherapy, then you should…
Cormac Roth, Musician and Actor Tim Roth’s Son, Dies at 25
LOS ANGELES—Cormac Roth, a musician and son of actor Tim Roth, has died at 25 after a battle with cancer, the family announced Monday. Roth “died peacefully in the arms of his family who loved and adored him” on Oct. 16, the family said in a statement, adding that “he maintained his wicked wit and…
Woman Nearly Dies From Cancer, Sees Scenes Outside Her Body, Returns—And is Miraculously Cured
On Feb. 2, 2006, Anita Moorjani lay in the intensive care unit of a hospital in her home city of Hong Kong. She was in a coma. Her eyes were swollen shut, and her breathing was labored. With open lesions dotting her skin, massively enlarged lymph nodes, and organs failing, her frail body had been…
Energy Crisis Risks Upending Europe’s Key Medicine Supply Chains, Industry Says
LONDON—Surging energy costs in Europe risk accelerating an exodus of companies critical in the manufacture of essential medicines, further endangering drug supply chains hit by shortages at the height of COVID-19, drug ingredient makers say. Essential medicines are crucial in treating long-term conditions as well as for surgical procedures. They are also typically off-patent, and…
Japanese Doctor Shares 5 Cancer Fighting Lifestyles: No Cancer Recurrence for 15 Years
Cancer has always been a disease “to be scared at the mere mention of.” However, a Japanese doctor, since he was diagnosed with kidney cancer, began to reflect on his life. After changing his lifestyle, he has not had a relapse for 15 years after the surgery. Takashi Funato, director of the Funato Clinic in…
Johnson & Johnson’s Blood Cancer Therapy Gets FDA Approval
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Johnson & Johnson’s therapy for treating a type of multiple myeloma, the company said on Tuesday, giving another treatment option to patients with the incurable blood cancer. J&J’s teclistamab, branded as Tecvayli, is approved for treating adults with multiple myeloma that is hard to treat or has…
Dry Shampoo Products Recalled Over Potential Presence of Benzene, Which Can Cause Cancer
Unilever United States issued a voluntary recall of several brands of dry shampoo aerosol products due to “potentially elevated levels” of benzene, a human carcinogen. According to a company announcement posted on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website, brands include Dove, Nexxus, Suave, TIGI (Rockaholic and Bed Head), and TRESemmé. The recalled products were produced before…
The Dangers of Night Shifts: How Night Workers Put Their Health on the Line
Night shift workers are integral to multiple areas of society; however, people may not be fully aware of the danger that such work pose. The impact of night work is not only daytime sleepiness, which can increase a person’s risk of road accidents, but also a higher risk of cancer, gastrointestinal issues, obesity, diabetes, and…
Study: Olive Oil Is a Natural Cancer-Fighting Food, Daily Intake May Reduce Risk of Death
“Cancer” is one of the main causes of death in human beings, and the age of contracting the disease is decreasing year by year, but the medical community still has not yet found an effective treatment method. Studies have found that olive oil not only has the effect of preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and…
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