WEDNESDAY, July 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients can be very vulnerable to a severe COVID infection, but COVID-19 vaccine boosters can be lifesavers for them, a new study says. COVID boosters reduced cancer patients’ hospitalizations and ICU stays by 29%, researchers report in JAMA Oncology. Overall, the vaccineContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A cancer diagnosis often forces a person to take a hard look at their life and lifestyle, but a new study shows that few take steps to eat healthier after treatment. People who survive cancer are as likely as others to ignore theContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — GI cancers among people 50 and younger are rising at an alarming rate, increasing in the U.S. faster than any other type of early onset cancer, according to a pair of new studies. Cancers of the colon, stomach and esophagus have all increasedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks who grew up near a polluted Missouri creek during the 1940s through 1960s may have higher odds for cancer now, new research shows. The study focused on Coldwater Creek in St. Louis County. The area was contaminated with radioactive waste from theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Kids coping with chronic health problems like asthma also are struggling with the emotional burden of stress, fear and sadness, a new study says. Almost 94% of comments posted online by chronically ill kids and their caregivers expressed negative feelings like disgust, sadnessContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A young woman became a June bride months after surviving complex surgery to remove a 40-pound tumor from her body, Cedars-Sinai doctors report. Adriana Pulido, 24, died on the operating table six times during an early attempt to remove the huge tumor. LocatedContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cancer deaths linked to obesity more than tripled in the U.S. during the past two decades, a new study says. Deaths linked to the 13 types of obesity-related cancer rose to 13.5 deaths per million from 3.7 deaths per million between 1999 andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2022, the majority of the 28.8 million U.S. adults who smoked cigarettes wanted to quit; approximately half had tried to quit, but fewer than 10% were successful. Many folks say quittingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Powerful new immunotherapies are offering fresh hope for patients with many different types of cancer. Unfortunately, that hope doesn’t extend to people without health insurance, a new study says. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are revolutionizing cancer treatment by helping the immune system betterContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Three-quarters of stomach cancer cases could be prevented if doctors eradicate infection by a common type of bacteria, a new study says. The bacteria, Helicobacter pylori, is linked to 76% of future stomach cancer cases, researchers reported July 7 in the journal Nature Medicine.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, July 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Older women carrying excess weight have a higher risk of a life-threatening double-whammy, a new study says. Women past menopause with a higher body mass index (BMI) were more likely to develop breast cancer if they had heart disease, researchers reported July 7Continue Reading
TUESDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Two drugs used in lung cancer treatment appear to be tripping over each other, reducing patients’ chances for a cure, a new study says. Corticosteroids are commonly prescribed to alleviate cancer-related symptoms in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, researchers said. But theseContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Radiation therapy to treat cancer might be a double-edged sword that increases the risk posed by other malignant tumors, a new study argues. While radiation is often used alone or in combination with other treatments to control cancer, high doses of radiation canContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Some women have expressed concerns about the risk of breast cancer associated with using hormone therapy to treat symptoms of menopause like hot flashes and night sweats, and now, new research suggests that one type of hormone therapy might increase your risk if you’re youngerContinue Reading