WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (Healthday News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told drugmakers to add a boxed warning to a type of cancer treatment called CAR-T therapy, saying the treatment itself may sometimes cause a secondary cancer. Still, FDA spokesperson Carly Kempler told NBC News that, despiteContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The American Lung Association’s annual report on smoking blasts President Joe Biden for failing to finalize rules that would end the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. Last month, the Biden administration announced it was delaying until March a ban on mentholContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new study may provide help to men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer who are faced with a daunting array of treatment options. The study tracked 10-year outcomes and treatment side effects for nearly 2,500 men first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011Continue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 (HealthDay New) — Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, announced Monday that she has been diagnosed with melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer. “I have been taking some time to myself as I have been diagnosed with malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer, myContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A newly developed “brush biopsy” allows dentists to screen for the most common form of mouth cancer, a new study reports. Dentists use a small brush to gently collect cells from potentially cancerous lesions inside the mouth, researchers write in the journal CancerContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Breast cancer deaths declined by a dramatic 58% between 1975 and 2019, and researchers think they can pinpoint the exact reasons for the reduction. Advances in medical technology aided by routine breast cancer screening have helped save lives, researchers concluded in the JournalContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 (HealthDay news) — The first medical device powered by artificial intelligence and designed to help doctors catch skin cancer has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Although not meant to be used as a primary screening tool, the technology further evaluates skin lesionsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pancreatic cancer is known as a ‘silent killer’ because it’s usually only detected in its later stages. But there’s a glimmer of good news for patients: The five-year survival rate for people with the disease has crept up to 13%, according to 2024Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cancer deaths continue to decline in the United States, with more than 4 million deaths prevented since 1991, a new report shows. But more people are developing cancers than ever, making the dreaded disease a continued threat to human health, according to theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An American’s income and ethnicity could play a role in how clean the air is that they breathe, a new study finds. Air pollution emissions have fallen more in wealthier areas, and less in areas with larger Hispanic or American Indian populations. Overall,Continue Reading
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
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — While cancer death rates have fallen among Americans generally over the past two decades, a new study finds Black Americans are still more likely than whites to die from the disease. There has been some improvement in closing the gap — in 2000,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk of developing heart failure later in life, due to the chemotherapy that was used to save their lives. But an already approved drug might help reduce that risk, according to a new report published Jan. 9Continue Reading