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MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A component of the keto diet appears to boost the powers of immunotherapy in treating cancer, a new study finds. Beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), an acid produced by the body when it’s burning fat instead of blood sugar for energy, appeared to improve response inContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People who have a condition putting them at high risk for a bone marrow cancer may be able to ward off the malignancy with a high-fiber diet, new research shows. The study focuses on patients with what’s known as monoclonal gammopathy of undeterminedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new AI can help identify women at higher risk for developing breast cancer by tracking changes in breast tissue, a new study shows. The AI compares women’s own mammograms over time, looking for early signs of breast cancer that are tough toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s new hope for people battling advanced bladder cancer who do not respond to first-line therapy, researchers report. An experimental new drug with the unwieldy name of cretostimogene grenadenorepvec spurred complete remission of the cancer in three-quarters of patients who hadn’t responded toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Colon cancer is increasing at an alarming rate among young adults, but a new study says better eating habits could turn that trend around. About 20% of diagnosed colon cancers occur in people aged 54 and younger, nearly double the rate seen threeContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Could a prenatal blood test designed to find abnormalities in a fetus also detect hidden cancer in the mom-to-be? A new study says yes: Scientists report they discovered cancer in nearly half (48%) of expecting mothers with abnormal results on the blood test,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” founding father Benjamin Franklin once said. That’s definitely true of cancer, a new study has found. Cancer prevention and screening has saved more people from five types of cancer during the past 45Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The sugar known as fructose could be a kind of rocket fuel for cancer cells, and lowering fructose intake could be one way to fight the disease, new research suggests. Fructose is already ubiquitous in American diets, due to the heavy use ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Genetic tests can show which patients with the blood cancer multiple myeloma should respond to targeted therapy, a new study finds. A special six-gene pattern can help predict who are more likely to respond well to Venclexta (venetoclax), a pill that promotes naturalContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A newly approved immunotherapy can help adults with a difficult-to-treat form of leukemia, clinical trial results show. Aucatzyl (obecabtagene autoleucel) worked on more than three-quarters (76%) of patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and more than half (55%) went into remission, accordingContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new study provides good evidence that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may be achieving its goal of slashing rates of cervical cancer. “We observed a … 62% drop in cervical cancer deaths over the last decade, likely due to HPV vaccination,” saidContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec.2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have potent new weapons against the deadliest cancer in America and they want to make sure they’re on the radar of current and former smokers. “Lung cancer screening is the most powerful tool we have to lower cancer [deaths],” said Dr. Timothy Mullett,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Less than half of Americans realize that they’re increasing their risk of cancer with every beer, cocktail or shot of whiskey. Despite public health warnings about the links between drinking and cancer risk, this widespread lack of awareness is the key takeaway fromContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Already the go-to drug of choice for millions with type 2 diabetes, metformin might also fight lung cancer if those patients have it as well, new research shows. Metformin appears to help boost the benefits of immunotherapy drugs used to fight lung tumors,Continue Reading