FRIDAY, Nov. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Smokers diagnosed with cancer often shrug and keep lighting up, figuring a few more butts won’t make much difference. They’re very mistaken, a new study finds. Smokers are 22% to 26% less likely to die if they quit following a cancer diagnosis, researchersContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cirrhosis, hepatitis infection and other causes can trigger liver fibrosis — a potentially lethal stiffening of tissue that, once begun, is irreversible. For many patients, a liver transplant is their only hope. However, research at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles may offer patients aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A lack of health insurance coverage raises the risk that cancers among Black and Hispanic Americans will be caught too late, a new study suggests. Being uninsured accounts for a significant proportion of racial and ethnic disparities in cancers that are only detectedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pancreatic cancer rates are rising in adults younger than 50, but many continue to believe it’s a disease that only affects the elderly, a new survey shows. Folks in that age range also say they wouldn’t be able to identify early signs andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence might be able to help doctors detect the prostate cancers most likely to be life-threatening to men, a new study suggests. An AI program successfully identified and outlined 85% of the most aggressive prostate tumors seen on MRI scans of moreContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Middle-aged folks facing a colon cancer screening now have a blood test they can choose over a standard colonoscopy. However, the blood test isn’t as effective as colonoscopy at detecting and preventing colon cancer, a new review finds. About two and a halfContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most thyroid cancers are slow-moving and, if caught early, curable. But some patients can present with what’s known as an anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) — a rare and very aggressive tumor with a very poor prognosis. Now, a clinical trial offers new hopeContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women fighting breast cancer can relieve some of their chemotherapy “brain fog” through aerobic exercise, a new clinical trial in Canada suggests. Breast cancer patients on chemo who participated in a regular aerobics class reported that they felt sharper and had better qualityContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI screening, a new study finds. The scans might accurately predict which patients have a higher odds for cancer recurrence and require surgery plusContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Smokers find it easier to quit if they’re automatically offered support, even if they didn’t ask for it, a new clinical trial finds. Quit rates were higher among health system patients placed in an “opt-out” program, in which tobacco cessation medications and counselingContinue Reading