FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Between ages 69 and 70 years, there is a decline in adjuvant therapy recommendations for early breast cancer, according to a study published online Jan. 31 in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For people with type 2 diabetes, cancer mortality rates are increased for those aged 75 and 85 years and with specific cancers, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in Diabetologia.
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry germline pathogenic variants (PVs) in BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2, and PALB2 have an elevated risk for contralateral breast cancer (CBC), according to a study published online Jan. 9 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Almost half of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are not being imaged in accordance with national guidelines prior to subsequent radiation therapy, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid makes it more likely that a woman will be diagnosed with breast cancer earlier rather than at an advanced, harder-to-treat stage, new research suggests.
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Out-of-pocket costs can leave Medicare patients with the most common type of liver cancer in financial distress.
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More women, even those at low risk for ovarian cancer, who have finished having children should have their fallopian tubes removed as a precaution to prevent the deadly disease, a leading research group has advised.
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Androstenedione is one of those supplements that was peddled to athletes for years as a quick path to bulging muscles and high testosterone levels, but it carries some grave dangers.
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- If your dog is bigger, male and a purebred, it may get a diagnosis of cancer earlier in its life compared to other dogs, a new study finds.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma after induction treatment and autologous stem cell transplantation, maintenance therapy with carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone may be better than lenalidomide alone, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in The Lancet Oncology.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Fizzy sodas, microwaveable meals and packaged cookies are convenient for people on the go, but these folks might not go as far as they’d like if that’s all they eat.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More women, even those at low risk for ovarian cancer, who have finished having children should have their fallopian tubes removed as a precaution to prevent the deadly disease, a leading research group has advised.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Six weeks of preoperative oxaliplatin-fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy is safe and effective for operable colon cancer, without increasing perioperative morbidity, according to a study published online Jan. 19 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
WEDNESDAY Feb. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Current smoking at the time of diagnosis is associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality among Black women diagnosed with breast cancer, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in JAMA Network Open.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The integration of precision medicine into routine cancer care is feasible and has clinical utility, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in JCO Precision Oncology.
The study doesn’t provide evidence of a cancer risk, but it may prompt more research on the hazards of gel manicures.
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The United States spends up to four times more on health care than most wealthy nations, but it doesn't have much to show for it.
Natural gas stoves have become the latest flashpoint in America’s increasingly volatile political culture, after a top federal regulator publicly mulled over banning the appliances. Get that and more health news here.
MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Behavioral nudges to prompt serious illness conversations (SICs) between oncology clinicians and patients can increase SICs for all patients and can reduce end-of-life systemic therapy, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in JAMA Oncology.
The top Air Force general in charge of the nation's air- and ground-launched nuclear missiles requested an investigation into officers who reported blood cancer diagnoses after serving at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.
FRIDAY, Jan. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Clinical factors are associated with the degree of background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM), according to a study published online Jan. 11 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
FRIDAY, Jan. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While anyone can experience breast pain, don't panic: It’s rarely cancer.
Radiation from nail dryers may damage DNA and cause cancer-causing mutations in human cells, a new study has found — and that might have you wondering whether your regular gel mani-pedi is worth the risk.
While reading Madison Russo’s social media posts about having cancer, medical professionals noticed inaccuracies in the photos she posted of herself, according to a search warrant filed by Eldridge Police.
The proportion of Californians dying at home, rather than in a hospital or nursing home, accelerated during the pandemic, a trend that has outlasted the rigid lockdowns linked to the initial shift.
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