WEDNESDAY, May 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Medical marijuana can safely reduce cancer pain, and is apparently so effective that patients wind up taking lower amounts of opioids and other pain meds, a new study reports. Weed produced clinically significant reductions in cancer patients’ worst pain, average pain and overallContinue Reading

TUESDAY, May 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Transgender women have a risk of prostate cancer, even after gender-affirming surgeries, yet aren’t “on the radar” for screening by clinicians, new research finds. “The entire medical literature on prostate cancer in transgender women, prior to this study, consisted of 10 case reports,Continue Reading

THURSDAY, April 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fewer U.S. adults are smoking cigarettes, as rates dropped again last year, according to federal health officials. In all, 1 in 9 American adults smoked cigarettes last year, an all-time low, and a significant change from the 1960s when 42% smoked. The resultsContinue Reading

TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Each year, about 140 kids in the United States are diagnosed with a craniopharyngioma, a typically non-cancerous brain tumor that develops near the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. Doctors treat craniopharyngiomas with surgery to remove the entire tumor or aContinue Reading