Teen Smoking Down, E-Cigarette Use Up
2016-06-09
CDC survey finds adolescents hear some health messages, but not allContinue Reading
California Enacts Right-to-Die Law
2016-06-09
Move triples percentage of terminally ill patients in U.S. who will now have this optionContinue Reading
Better Lung Cancer Survival? There’s an App for That
2016-06-09
Study found tracking symptoms, alerting doctors to trouble early led to longer survivalContinue Reading
Cancer’s Heavy Financial Burden
2016-06-08
1 in 10 patients skipped doctor visits, nearly 1 in 5 didn’t fill prescriptions due to cost, survey showsContinue Reading
Female Reproductive Tract Not a Sterile Environment, Study Finds
2016-06-07
Researchers also found different microbes in women with ovarian cancerContinue Reading
U.S. Black Women Get Less Care to Prevent Breast Cancer Return
2016-06-07
Genetic testing, risk-reducing surgery more likely for whites, Hispanics, study findsContinue Reading
Double Stem Cell Transplant May Help Fight a Childhood Cancer
2016-06-07
Tandem treatments might give survival edge to kids with neuroblastoma, researcher saysContinue Reading
Useless Treatments Common in Young, Terminal Cancer Patients
2016-06-06
3 in 4 get aggressive therapies with painful side effects in last months of their lives, study findsContinue Reading
Gruesome Cigarette Pack Images Seem to Help Some People Quit
2016-06-06
Many smokers can’t shake the haunting FDA-proposed visuals, study findsContinue Reading
Longer Use of Certain Drugs Cuts Recurrence for Breast Cancer Survivors
2016-06-06
Women who took an aromatase inhibitor for 10 years instead of 5 got added benefit, study foundContinue Reading
Superior Results for Myeloma Drug That’s Added Earlier in Treatment
2016-06-06
Response rate doubled for patients with this blood cancer, study findsContinue Reading
U.S. Pays Highest Prices for Cancer Meds: Study
2016-06-06
However, actual ability to pay for the drugs is better than in some other countries, researchers addContinue Reading
Immune-Based Drug May Help Some With Advanced Bladder Cancer
2016-06-05
About a quarter of older patients deemed too frail for chemo responded to Tecentriq, study foundContinue Reading
Antibody-Based Therapy Shows Promise Against Stomach Cancer
2016-06-05
Patients with advanced disease lived longer when they received this targeted treatment, research showsContinue Reading