TUESDAY, Oct. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women are less likely than men to find a donor lung, despite new systems to make organ allocation fairer, a new study says. Women were 32% less likely than men to receive a lung implant before the reforms went into effect in MarchContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Liver disease is usually caused by alcohol, fat buildup or hepatitis B and C. But a widely used chemical might also contribute to liver scarring, researchers recently reported in the journal Liver International. Exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE) might triple the risk of significantContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The most common cholesterol drug around might help protect cancer patients from “chemo brain.” Statins appeared to protect breast and lymphoma cancer patients’ brain function for up to two years after their cancer treatment, researchers recently reported in JAMA Network Open. “Cancer treatmentContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The mRNA technology powering some COVID vaccines may hold a surprising benefit for advanced cancer patients: a potential ability to “rev up” the immune system to better use immunotherapy medicines to attack tumors. Preliminary research published Oct. 22 in the journal Nature foundContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — University of Pennsylvania researchers are charting a revolutionary course in cancer treatment, targeting hidden “sleeper cells” that cause breast cancer to return and spread years after the original tumor is removed. The team, led by oncologist Dr. Angela DeMichele, has advanced a methodContinue Reading
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FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More folks might get screened for lung cancer if they’re given the tools to educate themselves and make their own decisions, a new study says. An online education program led to increased lung cancer screenings among a group of current and former smokers,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Kids with a rare bone cancer might live longer if prescribed a drug that blocks blood supply to tumors, researchers say. The drug pazopanib (Votrient) extended the lives of a small group of kids with Ewing sarcoma, which causes cancerous tumors in theirContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A powerful new drug combo has yielded a major breakthrough for men battling an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Adding the drug enzalutamide to standard hormone therapy reduced the risk of premature death by more than 40% in patients whose prostate cancer hadContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — What kills cancer patients is where their malignancy spreads in their body, rather than the cancer itself, a new study says. If tumors spread into major blood vessels, they can spark blood clotting that contributes to organ failure, researchers recently reported in theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Emergency responders to the World Trade Center collapse on 9/11 have a nearly tripled risk of lung cancer, a new study says. The toxic dust and fumes that lingered over Ground Zero likely boosted lung cancer rates among rescue workers, researchers reported thisContinue Reading