WEDNESDAY, Nov. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence (AI) can help assess lung cancer risk in nonsmokers, a new study shows. The “CXR-Lung-Risk” AI program evaluates routine chest X-ray images, looking for patterns associated with lung cancer, researchers said. People whose chest X-rays were flagged by the AI programContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (Healthday News) — While childhood cancer is no longer terminal for many, death rates remain higher in Black and Hispanic children, a new government report reveals. Treatments for these rare cancers have improved drastically in recent decades, and death rates dropped for all children in 2001Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For many women with breast cancer, struggles with sexual issues becomes a hidden burden, new research shows. Because most patients don’t feel comfortable talking over these issues with a doctor, many turn to online patient-support forums for advice. The new study found thatContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Chalk up a surprising benefit to government housing assistance. Breast cancer screening is higher among some low-income women who get government help with housing compared to those who do not, new research shows. “Receiving housing assistance has been associated with several positive health outcomesContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Young people who smoke and have prediabetes have triple the risk of suffering a stroke, a new study shows. Overall, hospitalized tobacco users with prediabetes had a 3.3 times higher risk that they were in the hospital due to a stroke, after researchersContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — CT scans are significantly linked to an increased risk of blood cancers in young people, a major multinational study has found. Analysis of data from nearly 1 million people under 22 who underwent at least one CT scan found a strong and clearContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 2023 (HealthDay) — Rates of colon cancer among relatively young Americans continue to rise, and a new study suggests that a patient’s race might determine the quality of cancer care they receive. Being a Black patient appeared linked to lower odds of receiving “guideline-concordant” care for colonContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Having high insulin levels may be more than tough to manage when you have diabetes: New research shows it also appears to raise the risk of pancreatic cancer. In the study, scientists found excessive insulin levels overstimulated pancreatic acinar cells, which produce digestiveContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (Healthday News) — New data from two United Nations agencies shows that millions of workers toiling under the sun’s glare is fueling skin cancer cases around the world. Nearly 1 in 3 deaths from non-melanoma skin cancer is caused by occupational exposure to the sun’s ultravioletContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The best way to prevent cervical cancer in women is to give HPV vaccines to both boys and girls, a new study argues. That way, herd immunity could help eradicate the cancer-causing virus, researchers say. Cancer-related HPV strains declined significantly in Finnish townsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Everyone knows smoking to be a major cause of cancer. Now, exactly how tobacco smoke triggers tumor development just got a bit clearer, thanks to new Canadian research. According to a team at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) in Toronto, smokingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8, 2023 (Healthday News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it plans to pull a veterinary drug used commonly in the pork industry because it might pose a cancer risk to humans who eat pig products. The antimicrobial, carbadox (Mecadox), is typically added toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For smokers and former smokers, getting annual CT scans of the chest to catch lung cancers early dramatically improves survival, new research shows. Many people may believe lung cancer to be swiftly fatal. However, the new report found that 81% of people whoseContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — California banned menthol cigarettes and flavored vaping products in late 2022, based on concerns the flavors encouraged teens to get hooked on nicotine. But a new study finds many smokers simply shrugged and turned to online shopping for their flavored vapes. Online shoppingContinue Reading