MONDAY, March 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A lesion that was found and removed from President Joe Biden’s chest during his recent physical was determined to be a common type of skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma. “All cancerous tissue was successfully removed,” the president’s doctor, Kevin O’Connor, wroteContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A tweak in timing may make an immune-system therapy much more effective for patients undergoing surgery for advanced melanoma, a new clinical trial has found. Researchers showed that giving the therapy — a drug called Keytruda (pembrolizumab) — both before and after surgeryContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — America’s aging population means that more families are soon going to be grappling with a heartbreaking issue — a loved one living with dementia who then develops cancer. These families will have to work their way through a series of tough decisions regardingContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — One group of Americans drinks more caffeinated beverages than all others. That’s people who smoke cigarettes and also have serious mental illness, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to new research. While Americans overall are drinking more caffeinated beverages than ever, this groupContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Colon cancer continues to rise among younger U.S. adults, with the American Cancer Society reporting a doubling of cases in people younger than 55 in about 25 years. Also, significantly more Americans are being diagnosed with advanced stages of the disease, the cancerContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Certain gene mutations put women at high risk of breast cancer, and now an early study hints that obesity might make matters worse. The findings come from a study of breast tissue samples from women who carried particular mutations in genes called BRCA1Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Following a healthy plant-based diet after a diagnosis of prostate cancer may help prevent the disease from progressing or recurring, a new study suggests. Men who ate a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains had a 52% lower risk of cancerContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study builds upon earlier evidence that vaping isn’t any healthier than smoking. In analyzing epithelial cells taken from the mouths of vapers, smokers and people who had never vaped or smoked, researchers found that vapers and smokers had more than twiceContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While rates of pancreatic cancer are increasing for both men and women, they’re climbing the fastest among young women, particularly those who are Black. “We can tell that the rate of pancreatic cancer among women is rising rapidly, which calls attention to theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Some patients having surgery for early-stage lung cancer may no longer need to lose an entire lobe of their lung, new research shows. The study results are from a phase 3 clinical trial sponsored by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. ForContinue Reading