TUESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women typically are urged to start receiving regular mammograms at age 40, but some might need to start even sooner, experts say. Specific risk factors that increase risk of early breast cancer might prompt young women to consider getting screened earlier, said Dr.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Half of people who develop blood poisoning, otherwise known as sepsis, are dead within a couple of years, a new study finds. A little more than 50% of patients admitted to an ER with sepsis died within two years, Danish researchers report. “WeContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A newly developed soft robotic finger with a sophisticated sense of touch could one day help your doctor perform routine office examinations, a new study suggests. The finger can take a person’s pulse and detect abnormal lumps, researchers reported Oct. 10 in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024b (HealthDay News) — There’s a small but significant increased of certain cancers in people battling multiple sclerosis (MS), new research shows. Those malignancies include cancers of the bladder, brain and cervix, said a team from Rennes University in France. “People with MS undergo an increased numberContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s never too late for a person to quit smoking, even if they’re elderly, a new study finds. Dropping the smokes even as late as 75 can meaningfully increase a person’s life expectancy, researchers reported recently in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cancer in young adults is rare, but the insurance coverage given them by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has greatly boosted the survival of people ages 19 to 25 who got the disease, a new study shows. The findings were published Oct. 7Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Widely-used acne creams can become contaminated with a known carcinogen even if kept at room temperature, a new study warns. Creams containing benzoyl peroxide (BPO) can wind up containing high levels of benzene while sitting on a store shelf or in a medicineContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Any form of breast cancer treatment appears to speed the aging of the recipient’s cells, a new study finds. “For the first time, we’re showing that the [aging] signals we once thought were driven by chemotherapy are also present in women undergoing radiationContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a small, preliminary study, piano lessons provided to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy appeared to help them maintain brain health. “There were a lot of outside stressors contributing to my mood, but piano practice and going to lessons were always something good andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A recently approved targeted chemotherapy drug can significantly extend the lives of advanced breast cancer patients who have developed tumors in their brains, new clinical trial results show. On average, patients receiving the drug Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) survived more than 17 months withoutContinue Reading