MONDAY, April 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Americans are facing more shortages of the drugs they need for medical care than ever before, a national pharmacy database shows. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHSP) and the University of Utah Drug Information Service started tracking drug shortages as far backContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks with a suspicious-looking mole or questionable skin lesion often have to endure a scalpel or shaver so their doctor can cut off a sample to send in for biopsy. But a new, noninvasive “virtual biopsy” might soon allow doctors to instead scanContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cancer-linked ‘forever chemicals’ made news this week, with the Biden Administration vowing to cut levels in the nation’s tap water. New research finds that the chemicals, known as PFAS, can also contaminate the seafood Americans eat. No one is advising that consumers avoidContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Young women who find a lump or other potential signs of breast cancer often delay for weeks before finally seeing a doctor, a new study shows. On average, young women waited two weeks before seeing a doctor about troubling breast symptoms, researchers found.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who undergo regular Pap smears are no doubt familiar with the possibility of “precancerous” cells being detected. These cells — called cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CINs) — can progress to full-blown cervical cancers, but a new trial suggests that a vaginal suppository containingContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Kentucky resident Chasity Harney embraced a thoroughly healthy lifestyle — eating right, exercising and never touching tobacco. So, her 2018 diagnosis of advanced lung cancer, which came at the age of 40, was a complete shock to both her and her family. “WhenContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Black women with cancer in one breast are less likely than white women to have the healthy breast removed as well, a new study has found. Women with cancer affecting one breast often elect to have the other breast removed, for a varietyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Wegovy, Ozempic and other drugs known as GLP-1 analogues have become wildly popular for controlling diabetes and helping folks lose weight. There were concerns that longer term use of the drugs might raise users’ odds for thyroid cancer, but a Swedish study ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Using AI to track fragments of tumor-associated DNA in the blood, scientists say they may be close to an accurate test for a silent killer: Ovarian cancer. It’s the fifth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Ovarian tumors are oftenContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Are you one of the estimated 104,000 Americans who lives within six miles of factories that spew organic chemicals into the air? New rules issued Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency might make your life healthier, agency officials said. The new rules “willContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Health care cost and access are not the only barriers women face in getting lifesaving mammograms, a new government report finds. Food insecurity, lack of transportation, less hours at work and feelings of isolation also can keep women from getting screened for breastContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Some slow-growing cases of leukemia don’t need constant surveillance by cancer specialists, a new study claims. Low-risk patients with slow-growing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and no symptoms fared well even after they stopped seeing doctors for specialized blood tests, researchers report. The patientsContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Removal of armpit lymph nodes can leave many breast cancer patients with lingering lymphedema, a painful and unsightly swelling of the arm. Now, new Swedish research may help narrow down which patients require extensive lymph removal, based on the number and size ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A custom-made anti-tumor vaccine added to standard immunotherapy was twice as likely to shrink liver cancer as when a patient received immunotherapy alone, a new study shows. The vaccine could help liver cancer patients live longer, as fewer than one in 10 surviveContinue Reading