WEDNESDAY, July 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Powerful new immunotherapies are offering fresh hope for patients with many different types of cancer. Unfortunately, that hope doesn’t extend to people without health insurance, a new study says. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are revolutionizing cancer treatment by helping the immune system betterContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Three-quarters of stomach cancer cases could be prevented if doctors eradicate infection by a common type of bacteria, a new study says. The bacteria, Helicobacter pylori, is linked to 76% of future stomach cancer cases, researchers reported July 7 in the journal Nature Medicine.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Two drugs used in lung cancer treatment appear to be tripping over each other, reducing patients’ chances for a cure, a new study says. Corticosteroids are commonly prescribed to alleviate cancer-related symptoms in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, researchers said. But theseContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Radiation therapy to treat cancer might be a double-edged sword that increases the risk posed by other malignant tumors, a new study argues. While radiation is often used alone or in combination with other treatments to control cancer, high doses of radiation canContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nestle has joined a growing list of major food companies pledging to voluntarily eliminate artificial colors from their U.S. products by the middle of next year amid mounting health concerns. “We are always looking for different ways to offer great tasting, compelling choicesContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The thought of swallowing a pill on a thread isn’t the most pleasant notion, but it could be a vastly better alternative for people at increased risk of throat cancer, a new study says. For nearly 20 years, U.K. resident Duncan Cook hasContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An experimental AI tool can help speed detection of melanoma and other skin diseases, a new study says. The tool, PanDerm, improved accuracy of skin cancer diagnoses by 11% when used by doctors, researchers reported recently in the journal Nature Medicine. It alsoContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — When Chris Williams started feeling sharp stomach pain one night in 2021, he went straight to the emergency room. The next morning, he had surgery to remove his appendix. But that wasn’t the end of his health scare. A few days later, doctorsContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Magic mushrooms might be key to quelling depression among people battling cancer. A single dose of psilocybin provided sustained reductions in depression and anxiety among cancer patients diagnosed with major depression, according to small-scale study published June 16 in the journal Cancer. “OneContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Ananda Lewis, a former MTV host and TV personality, is dead at 52. Her friend Lakshmi Emory shared the news in a June 11 Facebook post. “She’s free, and in His heavenly arms,” Emory wrote, alongside a black-and-white photo of Lewis. “Lord, restContinue Reading