MONDAY, June 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nicotine pouches might be less harmful than smoking or chewing tobacco, but they still pose an addiction risk to users, a new review finds. These pouches are filled with crystallized nicotine, and are placed between the gums and lips, researchers said. They areContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Catherine, Princess of Wales, has released the first update on her cancer journey since announcing her diagnosis in late March. In a message posted to her Instagram account on Friday, the princess, 42, said that, “I am making good progress, but as anyoneContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have developed microscopic robots capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver chemotherapy directly to lung cancer cells. In early testing, these microbots extended the average survival time of lab mice with melanoma that had spread to the lungs, according to a reportContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Johnson & Johnson will pay $700 million to settle claims from 42 states and the District of Columbia that the company continued to market its talcum powder products even as evidence tied them to a heightened risk for cancer. J&J did not admitContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — CAR-T cell therapy to treat blood cancers is safer than previously thought, with little risk that the immunotherapy will create secondary cancers, a new study finds. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning in November 2023 about a risk of secondaryContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — British retiree David Butler was surprised to find that he had prostate cancer, and that it had spread to the lymph nodes and other places near the prostate. “I had literally no symptoms apart from needing to pee more quickly whenever I didContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Lung cancer patients who underwent screening were more apt to be diagnosed at earlier stages and have better outcomes than patients who were not screened, new research shows. The findings — from a study of close to 58,000 patients diagnosed through the U.S.Continue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Only a fraction of Americans are getting recommended lung cancer screenings, new research shows. While rates overall are up slightly, fewer than 1 in 5 people who are eligible for screening are up-to-date with it, according to the American Cancer Society-led study. TheContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can identify people who are at risk for lung cancer based on genetic markers in their blood. “We have a simple blood test that could be done in a doctor’s office that would tell patients whetherContinue Reading
SUNDAY, June 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — When there’s pain, pressure and pounding in your head, you might think the worst: Is it a brain tumor? Probably not, a Penn State physician assures. Headache in and of itself is not a common sign of a tumor, because the brain itselfContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — One of the biggest obstacles to treating brain cancer is getting tumor-killing drugs past the blood-brain barrier that normally protects the brain from foreign invaders. Now, new research shows that ultrasound waves emitted from a device implanted in a cancer patient’s skull couldContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence (AI) can improve doctors’ assessments of mammograms, accurately detecting even the smallest breast cancers with fewer scary false positive readings, a new study shows. AI-assisted mammography detected significantly more breast cancers, with a lower false-positive rate, than doctors assessing mammograms onContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 4, 2024 (Healthday News) — People battling advanced esophageal cancers should get doses of chemotherapy both before and after tumor-removing surgeries, a new study suggests. “There is considerable disagreement as to whether giving all adjuvant [chemo] therapy upfront versus ‘sandwich’ adjuvant therapy before and after surgery is theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Menopause before the age of 40 could raise a woman’s long-term risk for breast or ovarian cancers, new research suggests. Besides that, “there is also higher risk of breast, prostate and colon cancer in relatives of these women” noted study author Dr. CorrineContinue Reading