FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A medical device used to diagnose and treat pancreatic and bile duct disease is getting attention from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after pieces have fallen off and remained in patients’ bodies. Previously, the FDA had expressed concern about duodenoscopes because theyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — An ongoing shortage of a drug for men with advanced prostate cancer is causing some patients to miss months of potentially life-extending treatment. The drug’s maker, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., has said it can’t keep up with demand for the medication, known as Pluvicto.Continue Reading
MONDAY, March 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Military pilots and the ground crews who fuel and maintain their aircraft have higher rates of certain types of cancer, a new study shows. The Pentagon researched cancer cases in nearly 900,000 military members who served between 1992 and 2017, comparing them toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Retired nurse Tannaz Ameli was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer last winter. When chemotherapy failed, her doctors recommended hospice care. But Ameli, of Minneapolis, had other ideas. She and her husband sought out a pioneering medical team at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Tatiana Gonzalez had just quit her job as a postal carrier, and with it the 12 miles a day she walked as she delivered people’s mail. So Gonzalez, then 39, figured that was why she suddenly became so constipated that she required laxativesContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans are eating more food additives, according to a new study that found about 60% of foods they purchase contain coloring or flavoring agents, preservatives and sweeteners. That’s up by 10% from 2001. “Our research clearly shows that the proportion of ultra-processed foodsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Black patients are dying of pulmonary fibrosis, a devastating disease marked by progressive scarring of the lungs, at significantly younger ages than white patients. A new study probes factors contributing to earlier onset of disease, hospitalization and death in Black patients. The diseaseContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A man with prostate cancer who takes the “watch-and-wait” approach has the same long-term survival odds as those who undergo radiation therapy or surgery, according to a new large-scale study. Patients had the same 97% survival rate after a decade and a halfContinue Reading
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