TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following two weeks of hospital care for complications from prostate cancer surgery, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the Pentagon announced Monday. “Secretary Austin progressed well throughout his stay and his strength is rebounding,”Continue Reading

TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As more Americans with lung cancer gained access to quality care after passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), their post-surgical survival rates rose, new data shows. The ACA (often called Obamacare) triggered the expansion of Medicaid coverage in many states. People withContinue Reading

THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nearly half of homes tested in a new study contained toxic byproducts of cigarette smoke. Known as thirdhand smoke, these tobacco byproducts remained on furniture, floors and bric-a-brac.  Researchers who tested homes of 84 children found nicotine on surfaces in every home, andContinue Reading

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin remains hospitalized while recovering from complications related to a December surgery to treat prostate cancer, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. His doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Dr. John Maddox, director of trauma medical, and Dr.Continue Reading

TUESDAY, Jan.9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Patients with the most common form of pancreatic cancer could benefit from an experimental therapeutic vaccine, a small new clinical trial shows. The vaccine, called ELI-002 for now, is targeted to what are known as KRAS-mutated solid tumors. Over 90% of pancreatic tumors haveContinue Reading