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Economic Times
38 minutes ago
- Health
- Economic Times
Hulk Hogan's cause of death revealed — he was secretly fighting a second, deadlier illness
Hulk Hogan's cause of death has been revealed. He died at 71 from a heart attack at his Florida home. Medical reports confirmed he also had chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Hogan kept his cancer battle private. His family, including wife Sky and daughter Brooke, shared emotional tributes, highlighting his faith, strength, and their personal memories of him. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Hulk Hogan Cancer Battle Kept Private Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Hulk Hogan Family Reactions After His Death Hulk Hogan Daughter Brooke Hogan Shares Emotional Tribute What is Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia? FAQs at his home in South Florida. Medical reports have now revealed his official cause of death and previously undisclosed health conditions, including cancer. The wrestling world is mourning the loss of one of its biggest to records from the Pinellas County Forensic Science Center, Hulk Hogan died from an acute myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack. He was taken to the hospital from his Clearwater mansion but could not be examinations also confirmed that Hogan had atrial fibrillation, a condition that leads to an irregular heart rhythm. In addition, it was revealed that Hogan had been living with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a slow-progressing form of cancer that affects white blood documents showed that Hogan never publicly disclosed his battle with leukemia. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a condition that often affects older adults and may not show symptoms for years. It can lead to infections, fatigue, and bruising. Doctors usually monitor the condition until treatment becomes health had reportedly been declining in recent months. He underwent neck surgery in May and later faced complications. In June, he experienced difficulty walking and used a cane, but family members downplayed the severity of his his passing, Hogan's wife Sky Hogan shared a heartfelt message. She acknowledged that he had been facing health challenges but believed he would recover. She stated that his strong Christian faith brought her peace during this wrote, 'He had been dealing with some health issues, but I truly believed he would overcome them. He was a believer in Christ, and I take comfort knowing his soul is at peace.' The family plans to cremate Hogan's body. No public funeral details have been Hogan, Hulk Hogan's daughter, also shared her memories after his death. Though their relationship had become strained in recent years due to disagreements about his health, Brooke emphasized their deep said, 'My dad's blood runs through my veins. Our bond has never broken, not even in his final moments.' Brooke added that she felt part of her spirit leave when he passed and named her daughter Molly Gene Olesky to honor her father's last lymphocytic leukemia is a cancer that starts in bone marrow and produces abnormal white blood cells. These cells cannot effectively fight infection, leading to a weak immune system. People with CLL may go years without options include targeted drugs, immunotherapy, and chemotherapy. It often has a high survival rate, and many live with it as a chronic condition. Risk factors include age, genetics, and exposure to certain chemicals, such as Agent Orange used during the Vietnam Hogan died from a heart attack. Medical records also revealed he had chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which he had not disclosed postmortem reports confirmed Hulk Hogan had chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a slow-growing cancer of the white blood cells.
Globe and Mail
5 days ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
AstraZeneca's CLL Therapy Study in Russia: Real-World Insights and Market Impact
AstraZeneca ((AZN)), AstraZeneca plc ((GB:AZN)), AstraZeneca ((DE:ZEGA)), AstraZeneca plc US ((AZNCF)) announced an update on their ongoing clinical study. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. AstraZeneca is conducting an observational study titled 'Observational Retrospective-Prospective Study on CLL Therapy Approaches in Russia' to explore therapy approaches for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) in a real-world setting. The study aims to gather data on treatment practices without introducing new interventions, focusing on understanding current clinical practices and patient outcomes. This non-interventional study involves no specific treatment but rather observes existing therapeutic approaches for CLL/SLL. The study will collect data from approximately 6,000 patients, assessing their treatment regimens and outcomes as per routine clinical practice. The study employs a cohort observational model with a prospective time perspective, spanning 24 months. It involves baseline, interim, and final visits to collect data, ensuring compliance with local regulatory requirements. The study commenced on October 29, 2021, with an anticipated completion date in 2025. The most recent update was submitted on July 24, 2025, indicating ongoing data collection and analysis. For investors, this study underscores AstraZeneca's commitment to understanding real-world treatment landscapes, potentially influencing its market position in the oncology sector. The findings could impact investor sentiment and stock performance, especially in comparison to competitors focusing on innovative CLL treatments. The study is currently active but not recruiting, with further details available on the ClinicalTrials portal.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Cancer experts alarmed over ‘gut-wrenching' Trump plan to cut research spending by billions
More patients may die as a result of plans drawn up by the Trump administration to cut billions of dollars from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), veteran federal government workers and experts have warned. Nearly $2.7bn would be cut from the agency, which is the largest funder of cancer research in the world – a decline of 37.2% from the previous year – under a budget proposal for 2026, in the latest effort to cut staff and funding. 'These cuts are absolutely gut wrenching,' Erin Lavik, former deputy director and chief technology officer at the NCI's division of cancer prevention, told the Guardian. Lavik was fired along with a swath of probationary workers at the institute in February; put on administrative leave in response to a judge's ruling to halt the firings in March; and then terminated again in April. 'We're not making things more efficient or better,' she said. 'What's being left is sort of the non-impactful iterative work, and we're pruning all of the potential for transformative science.' Related: NIH scientists go public to denounce Trump's deep cuts in health research The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network has cautioned that the proposed cuts 'will set this nation back dramatically in our ability to reduce death and suffering' and noted that cancer is expected to kill more than 618,000 Americans this year. Julie Nickson, vice-president of Federal Advocacy and Coalitions, said: 'This wouldn't just be a blow to science, it's a blow to families, communities, and our economy. Every day counts in the fight against cancer and with more than 2 million Americans expected to be diagnosed with this horrible disease in 2025 alone, now is not the time to go backwards.' Jennifer R Brown, secretary of the American Society of Hematology and director of the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Center of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, told the Guardian that cuts under Donald Trump have 'already been devastating', with key research halted that can't easily be restarted. 'What the public needs to know is that the science that may not sound so obvious, or that they may not know that much about, is really what drives our cancer treatments and our cancer cures. And so if we cut that, we're going to lose it,' said Brown. Cancer research historically funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which houses the NCI, 'is the basic science that figures out what to target in the cancer cell', she said. 'Then a drug may be developed that may be from an academic, it may be from a pharma company, but the trials are then also run by academics and pharma in collaboration, and academics who are funded by NIH, who do the legwork to figure out how the drug is working in patients. 'Pharma companies take the drug to the finish line. And so if we don't have this basic research, we're not going to be able to identify new targets, and that means we're not going to have new therapies, and ultimately more patients may die.' Brown sees a direct link between NIH-funded academic research and cancer drugs for chronic lymphocytic leukemia that helped patients live longer. 'People who would have died in a few months, lived for years with the first version of this drug,' she said. Hundreds of staff have been terminated from the NCI in recent months, including dozens of communications workers. 'Our website, is used worldwide and is the ground truth for cancer information,' said one fired communications employee at the institute, who requested to remain anonymous. 'Science isn't finished until it's communicated.' Between 28 February and 8 April, more than $180m in NCI grants were cancelled by the Trump administration. NIH declined to comment, deferring to comments on the budget proposal cuts to the office of management and budget, which did not respond to requests for comment. NIH did not comment on how many employees at the agency remain after several rounds of cuts and layoffs. Related: Trump's safety research cuts heighten workplace risks, federal workers warn Lavik said the cuts are likely to threaten large-scale research programs, such as the National Community Oncology Research program, which covers community hospitals all over the US and ensures patients have access to clinical trials, cutting edge cancer care, prevention and screenings. 'I am deeply concerned about the future of these really important clinical trials programs that are really hard to rebuild if you stop them,' she said. 'In the prevention program, there are large scale screening trials, and they have large data sets. We were working really hard on policies to make those data sets more accessible and available to the research community. And we're all gone.' Drastic cuts across federal science funding is causing scientists to consider leaving science and eliminating opportunities for younger scientists to enter training pipelines as undergraduate researchers, graduate researchers and postdocs, according to Lavik. 'The things that are transformative are fundamentally high-risk, high-reward research,' she said. 'We start to move into the clinic, and that's what leads to the new kinds of treatments that don't just help a little bit, but really change the face of how we treat patients, how we prevent cancers, how we treat other conditions. 'You have to be willing to do lots and lots of things that don't work. There are so many ways we should be more efficient about what we do. But to do that, you really need those young scientists, those new people in the field; you need the people who've come into the NIH and the NCI, who are thinking differently about doing things and willing to take those big swings.'
