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1 in 8 U.S. Adults Takes These Medications—And They Could Help Your Body Fight Cancer
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1 in 8 U.S. Adults Takes These Medications—And They Could Help Your Body Fight Cancer
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that one in eight U.S. adults takes an antidepressant, though this is based on data through 2018. As The New York Times reports, other sources estimate that antidepressant use jumped nearly 19 percent during the COVID pandemic of 2020. Either way, this represents millions of Americans, so much so that the SSRIs Zoloft and Lexapro represent the 12th and 15th most commonly prescri…
A family of antidepressant drugs could become the best ally of the immune system to fight cancer. According to a study published in the magazine 'Cell', selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) increase the ability of the T cells of the immune system to fight cancer and, therefore, tumor growth in various types of cancer, both in mice and in human tumour models.
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