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
TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New research is helping confirm smoking as a risk factor for the devastating brain illness amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS affects roughly 31,000 Americans each year, with about 5,000 new cases diagnosed annually, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Deaths related to ozone air pollution will rise significantly around the world during the next two decades due to climate change, a new study warns. Cities in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa can expect to see ozone-related deaths increase by asContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Opdivo, one of the new generation of immunotherapy cancer treatments, appears to help kidney cancer patients equally well when given as a quick injection versus the current method of intravenous delivery, a new study finds. The results of the new trial using injectedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Britain’s King Charles III returned home on Monday after a planned prostate surgery, the same day his daughter-in-law Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, was also discharged following an undisclosed abdominal surgery. Both had been treated at the London Clinic private hospital. TheContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — High school students who smoke, drink or use weed are more likely to be emotionally troubled and have suicidal thoughts, a new study finds. Teens who turn to nicotine, alcohol or marijuana are more likely to think about suicide, feel depressed or anxious,Continue Reading