MONDAY, Aug. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Findings from a study in mice suggest that using a common artificial sweetener, sucralose, could hamper certain immunotherapy treatments in cancer patients. However, for folks reluctant to give up the ubiquitous sweetener, the same team of scientists may have found a way aroundContinue Reading
FRIDAY, August 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Men diagnosed with what are known as Grade Group one (GG1) prostate tumors are often told they don’t require treatment, only “watchful waiting,” because GG1 cancers are at low risk of spreading. There’s even been talk among experts of not calling GG1 tumorsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, August 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks who smoke a lot of marijuana could be facing a more than four-fold odds of developing an oral cancer, new research suggests. “Cannabis smoke contains many of the same carcinogenic compounds found in tobacco smoke, which have known damaging effects on theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug.1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Someday, you might apply a small patch onto your skin to find out whether that odd little spot is a cancer or not. That’s the hope from a new technology being developed by researchers at the University of Michigan. The tiny silicone patch isContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — State bans on enticing flavors of e-cigarettes bring real benefits in terms of lowering vaping among adults of any age, new research finds. But it points to a downside, too: A slowdown in statewide declines of cigarette smoking after flavored vapes were banned. Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders says he is now cancer-free after an unexpected battle with bladder cancer. Now he’s encouraging others to take charge of their health. Sanders, 57, spoke openly Monday at a news conference about what he went through,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Firefighters work hard saving lives, and in process put their own lives at heightened risk from skin, kidney and other types of cancers, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) study finds. “Although this isn’t favorable news, this study shines a spotlight on theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — You try one of the new blood-based tests for colon cancer, and unfortunately, the results come back “abnormal.” Those are alarming findings, of course. But for too many U.S. patients, no further steps are taken, a new study finds. “Blood-based colorectal cancer screeningContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Experts already know that high consumption of ultra-processed foods is bad news for your health, and new research suggests these foods can raise risks for a major killer: lung cancer. Besides the fact that ultra-processed foods are often high in salt, sugar andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Liver cancer: In most cases, it doesn’t have to happen, a new global study finds. Research suggests that 60% of cases of this often deadly disease are preventable by avoiding or treating big risk factors. Those risk factors include viral hepatitis infection, alcoholContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering removing all 16 members of an advisory group that helps decide which preventive services, like cancer screenings and HIV medications, should be fully covered by insurance. The group, known as the U.S. Preventive ServicesContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cutting-edge immunotherapy drugs are incredibly effective against some cancers but barely put a dent in others – and researchers might now know why. Patients’ own autoantibodies – immune proteins traditionally associated with autoimmune diseases like psoriasis and lupus – appear to dramatically influenceContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — LaShae Rolle, 27, is a competitive powerlifter capable of squatting 441 pounds, benching 292 pounds and deadlifting 497 pounds. Last year, breast cancer tried to derail Rolle’s dreams of going up against the best of the best. But Rolle steamrolled her cancer, keepingContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Walkers don’t need to march 10,000 steps a day to gain substantial health benefits, a comprehensive new evidence review has concluded. Instead, getting just 7,000 steps a day appears to be most effective in reducing a person’s risk of death and chronic illness,Continue Reading