FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it is cracking down on air pollution. Specifically, the agency introduced a tougher air quality standard that takes aim at fine particulate matter — the tiny bits of pollution that can penetrate the lungs —Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks squeezed financially may find themselves shut out from medical care, leading to delayed cancer diagnoses, a new report finds. A full third of cancer patients suffered some form of recent financial hardship — a bankruptcy, lien or eviction — prior to theirContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Country singer Toby Keith, best known for chart-topping hits like “Who’s Your Daddy?” and “Made in America,” has died at 62 from stomach cancer. His death was announced on his website. Keith’s publicist, Elaine Schock, told the New York Times that the NationalContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resumed a national campaign that uses the stories of former smokers to warn Americans about the many health dangers of tobacco. Known as the “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign, seven new people are featuredContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Follow-up from recent surgery for an enlarged prostate has revealed that Britain’s King Charles III has cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Monday. The palace did not disclose the type of cancer that was discovered. “During The King’s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Rectal cancer often involves surgeries that can lead to a debilitating loss of bowel function for patients. However, new research suggests that a less aggressive approach to treating the disease has helped an increasing number of patients avoid these surgeries. That can meanContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A much anticipated government study finds that military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between 1975 and 1985 face at least a 20% higher risk for certain cancers than those stationed elsewhere. Why the increased risk? For decades, the drinking waterContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Even small increases in a man’s cardio fitness can significantly reduce his risk of developing prostate cancer, researchers report. An annual increase in aerobic fitness of 3% or more is linked to a 35% lower risk of prostate cancer, according to a reportContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A common genetic test to determine treatment options for breast cancer could be leading some Black patients to forego chemotherapy that might have helped them, a new study says. The test appears to underestimate the benefit of chemotherapy in some Black women becauseContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A surge in breast cancers for women younger than 50 has puzzled medical experts, but a new study provides some new information that could help halt this trend. The steady increase in diagnoses during the past two decades has largely been driven byContinue Reading