TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Food sold in shrink wrap, on cardboard trays or in paper containers might contain any of nearly 200 chemicals linked to breast cancer, a new study warns. Commonly used food packaging materials contain 189 chemicals that can potentially cause breast cancer, researchers reportedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women with early stage breast cancer may now take Kisquali, a medication already approved for advanced disease, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s expanded approval of the treatment, drug maker Novartis announced Tuesday. “The FDA approval of Kisqali for this early breastContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Black women have a higher risk of dying from any type of breast cancer than white women, a new review finds. Overall, the increased survival risk for Black women ranges from 17% to 50%, depending on the type of breast cancer, researchers found.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Counties and states where jails and prisons are packed are more likely to have higher rates of cancer, new research shows. “These results aren’t surprising. Incarceration in the U.S. is recognized as a key element of social determinants of health and is linkedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A small clinical trial suggests that a duo of drugs can extend survival for people battling advanced kidney cancer. Researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y., developed the new regimen, a combination of pazopanib (Votrient) and bevacizumab (Avastin). Pazopanib is fromContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A decade of patient follow-up finds a combo of two immunotherapy drugs can greatly extend survival for people with advanced melanomas. In 2011, a diagnosis of advanced, metastatic melanoma typically meant death within 6.5 months, noted researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine in NewContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — One third of cinnamon products tested by Consumer Reports contained elevated levels of lead, the watchdog agency warned Thursday. The finding follows concerns about metals in foods after tainted cinnamon applesauce poisoned hundreds in 44 states last year, most of them children. InContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Smokers who make the decision to quit will see almost immediate health benefits, including a quick drop in their risk for atrial fibrillation, new research shows. “The findings provide a compelling new reason to show current smokers that it’s not too late toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Contrary to a warning placed on labels for CART-T cancer therapies, use of these treatments does not appear to boost the odds for a secondary cancer later, a new study shows. Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKC) in New York CityContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 9 , 2024 (HealthDay News) — Catherine, Princess of Wales, has announced that she has completed chemotherapy for an unnamed form of cancer. The princess, 42, made the announcement in a video message posted by Kensington Palace on Monday. She said she plans to return to light dutiesContinue Reading