FRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A virus-linked cancer killing California sea lions is sounding a chilling alarm for mankind. Exposure to environmental toxins significantly boosts risk for the herpes-like cancer, which was discovered in sea lions in 1979. Since then, between 18% and 23% of adult sea lionsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Breast cancer has surpassed lung cancer as the world’s most commonly diagnosed cancer. In 2020, there were an estimated 19.3 million new cancer cases and nearly 10 million cancer deaths worldwide, according to the Global Cancer Statistics 2020 report from the American CancerContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Racial segregation may help explain why Black Americans with lung cancer do more poorly than their white counterparts, a new study suggests. For years, U.S. studies have documented racial disparities in lung cancer. Black Americans are less likely to receive surgery for early-stageContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The great outdoors can soothe the soul, but new research suggests that working outside might also guard against breast cancer. The study wasn’t designed to say how working outside affects chances of developing breast cancer, but vitamin D exposure may be the drivingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Current and former smokers are at risk for a lung disease called pulmonary fibrosis, but many aren’t aware of the threat, the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation says. There is no cure for the disease, which affects more than 200,000 Americans. A recent foundation surveyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — To the ever-growing list of COVID-19’s collateral damage, add one more casualty: cancer research. A new study indicates that during the first wave of the pandemic last spring, the number of newly launched cancer treatment studies cratered by 60%. “In short, the firstContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — New research reveals why Black Americans might be more vulnerable to colon cancer than white people are. The researchers examined age-related “epigenetic” changes in colon tissue. These changes affect how genes work. The investigators found that in both Black and white people, oneContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Heart disease risk factors are common among men with breast cancer, a new, small study finds. Researchers analyzed the medical records of 24 male breast cancer patients, aged 38 to 79. Half had a family history of breast cancer. Nearly 8 in 10Continue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Low-dose aspirin may help some people curb their risk of developing colon cancer — but not if they wait until age 70 to start, a large, new study suggests. Researchers found that when people began using aspirin in their 50s or 60s, theirContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Giving melanoma patients a “personalized” vaccine can prompt an anti-tumor immune response that lasts for years, an early study finds. The study involved just eight patients with advanced melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. But it builds on earlier work showing itContinue Reading