MONDAY, April 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government has shut down or paused several major anti-smoking efforts. Public health leaders say the cuts could reverse decades of progress that have smoking rates in the country at all-time lows. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Continue Reading
MONDAY, April 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Lung cancer screening can save the lives of former and current smokers, but most aren’t taking advantage of it, a new study says. Fewer than 1 in 5 people eligible for lung cancer screening go through with a chest CT scan, according toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cancer survivors can reduce their ongoing risk of death by sticking to diet and exercise guidelines recommended by the American Cancer Society, a new study suggests. Non-smoking survivors of obesity-related cancers had an overall lower risk of death if they adopted the ACSContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Life is busy, and some folks simply don’t have time until the weekend to work out. Turns out, that’s just fine for their health, a new study suggests. “Weekend warriors” who cram their week’s exercise into one or two days appear to gainContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top tobacco regulator, Brian King, has been placed on leave as part of a large wave of cuts across federal health agencies. King, who led the FDA’s tobacco control efforts, told his staff Tuesday that heContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Personalized support can help more people at risk of colon cancer attend a potentially life-saving colonoscopy appointment, a new study says. About 55% of people assigned a patient navigator got a follow-up colonoscopy after their stool test revealed a risk of colon cancer,Continue Reading
Patients treated with cabozantinib survived significantly longer with no worsening of their disease compared with patients who received placeboContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Breast-conserving therapy for breast cancer might not conserve as much as previously thought, a new study suggests. Women’s breasts can shrink considerably after they’ve undergone radiation therapy and lumpectomy for their early-stage breast cancer, researchers reported March 27 in the journal Plastic andContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Surgery might not be needed to treat as many as 60% of early-stage breast cancers, a new study says. Breast cancers that have been completely wiped out by chemotherapy and radiation treatment are not likely to come back, according to a small-scale clinicalContinue Reading
SATURDAY, March 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new formula made with natural citrus oil could help cancer patients find relief from dry mouth, a common and painful side effect of radiation treatments. The formula was created by researchers at the University of South Australia and Stanford University. It mixesContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A pioneering technique can help nearly twice as many men preserve erectile function following prostate cancer surgery, researchers say. The new surgical method, called NeuroSAFE, preserves the nerves that run through the prostate’s outer layers, which are thought to be responsible for producingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Virtual reality (VR) might be able to provide cancer patients significant pain relief, a new study says. A small group of cancer patients reported a decrease in their pain after using VR headsets that allowed them to explore realistic underwater scenes, according toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Tobacco control measures like anti-smoking campaigns and cigarette taxes have prevented nearly 4 million lung cancer deaths during the past five decades, a new American Cancer Society study estimates. More than 3.8 million lung cancer deaths were averted due to substantial reductions inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Colon cancer is a particularly deadly form of the disease, the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. But patients diagnosed with colon cancer also need to be concerned about their heart health, especially if they’re younger adults, a newContinue Reading