THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cigars are linked with victory, new babies and Winston Churchill, not nicotine addiction, but are they any better for your health than cigarettes? No, say experts who point out the many dangers of cigar smoking. Over the past few decades, through clever marketing,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Herbal cigarettes: They carry a certain “coolness factor” and sound like they might be a healthier alternative to tobacco, but are they really safer to smoke? Not really, experts say. “Even herbal cigarettes with no tobacco give off tar, particulates and carbon monoxide,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who won 59 grand slam titles in her career, announced Monday that she has both stage 1 breast cancer and throat cancer. Navratilova, 66, first found an enlarged lymph node in her neck last fall, her agent Mary GreenhamContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cervical cancer is preventable, but people often feel uncomfortable talking about it because of its link to the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV). Don’t be embarrassed, a cancer expert advises. Not only does your doctor want to help you, but the virus isContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Young cancer survivors face a heightened risk from human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus known to raise the risk of cervical cancer. So why are they getting the HPV vaccine in low numbers? To find out, researchers analyzed data from a clinical trial ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The color of his skin and where he lives may influence an American man’s odds of dying from prostate cancer, a new study reveals. Black men and men living in the Western United States face the most dire prognosis, American Cancer Society (ACS)Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you need another reason to quit smoking, researchers have one: your mid-life brain health. Not only does smoking harm lung and heart health, but it increases the chances of middle-aged memory loss and confusion, a new study shows. The likelihood of mentalContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many American women have to travel long distances to reach the nearest mammography center, a new study finds — raising questions about whether that keeps some from receiving breast cancer screening. Researchers found that 8.2 million women had limited access to mammography screeningContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black patients with head-and-neck cancers have twice the death rates of white patients, and a new study suggests race itself underlies those differences. “What is unique about our study is it strongly supports the conclusion that Black patients seem to respond to therapyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Actress and two-time Academy Award winner Jane Fonda announced Thursday that her non-Hodgkin lymphoma is in remission. Fonda, 84, said in a blog post that she can quit chemotherapy treatments, calling it the “BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!” Fonda, also a climate activist, willContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The new director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Dr. Monica Bertagnolli announced the news Wednesday, saying the breast cancer was diagnosed early and her prognosis was good, while also detailing plans to keep leading theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — So much for vaping as a smoking-cessation tool: New research finds most folks who use both traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes are likely to continue smoking rather than quit, a new study finds. How much is most? Only 10% quit vaping and smoking. “AsContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Two pharmaceutical companies said Tuesday that they have made notable progress with a vaccine that could prevent melanoma. Moderna, well known for its work on the COVID vaccine, and Merck, which makes the cancer immunotherapy drug Keytruda, announced that the combination performed wellContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black patients are more likely than their white peers to need emergency surgery for colon cancer, which increases their risk for complications and death, study authors say. “Overall, these results suggest that racial and ethnic differences persist” among colon cancer patients, and “theseContinue Reading