To sync or not to sync: Cancer’s complicated relationship with our internal clocks

Reading time: 5 minutes Andrea Lius For several decades, scientists have observed that disruptions to the body’s internal clock, also known as the circadian rhythm, can promote cancer development and progression.1 They also found that many fast-growing cancers have circadian rhythms that are desynchronized from healthy cells. However, glioblastoma (GBM), a deadly and aggressive type... Continue Reading →

The Obesity Paradox

Reading time: 8 minutes Nicholas A. Egan Obesity is a rising global health epidemic, with the number of obese adults doubling since the 1990s and the number of adolescents living with obesity quadrupling. This amounts to one in every eight people in the world living with obesity. Obesity comes with myriad other health issues. Specifically,... Continue Reading →

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