THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pancreatic cancer is known as a ‘silent killer’ because it’s usually only detected in its later stages. But there’s a glimmer of good news for patients: The five-year survival rate for people with the disease has crept up to 13%, according to 2024Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cancer deaths continue to decline in the United States, with more than 4 million deaths prevented since 1991, a new report shows. But more people are developing cancers than ever, making the dreaded disease a continued threat to human health, according to theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An American’s income and ethnicity could play a role in how clean the air is that they breathe, a new study finds. Air pollution emissions have fallen more in wealthier areas, and less in areas with larger Hispanic or American Indian populations. Overall,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following two weeks of hospital care for complications from prostate cancer surgery, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the Pentagon announced Monday. “Secretary Austin progressed well throughout his stay and his strength is rebounding,”Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As more Americans with lung cancer gained access to quality care after passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), their post-surgical survival rates rose, new data shows. The ACA (often called Obamacare) triggered the expansion of Medicaid coverage in many states. People withContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — While cancer death rates have fallen among Americans generally over the past two decades, a new study finds Black Americans are still more likely than whites to die from the disease. There has been some improvement in closing the gap — in 2000,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk of developing heart failure later in life, due to the chemotherapy that was used to save their lives. But an already approved drug might help reduce that risk, according to a new report published Jan. 9Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who’ve survived breast cancer may want to up their dietary intake of soy, nuts, beans and whole grains, a new analysis finds. A higher intake of soy compounds called isoflavones was especially tied to better odds that cancer would not return, accordingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Lung cancer patients who are unsuitable candidates for surgery may have a new, effective treatment option, researchers report. In a small study — just 28 patients — investigators found that delivering higher but less frequent doses of radiation therapy, along with standard chemotherapy,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nearly half of homes tested in a new study contained toxic byproducts of cigarette smoke. Known as thirdhand smoke, these tobacco byproducts remained on furniture, floors and bric-a-brac. Researchers who tested homes of 84 children found nicotine on surfaces in every home, andContinue Reading