WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Younger women who undergo radiation for cancer in the left breast have a heightened risk of heart disease years later, a new study finds. Among women who received radiation therapy for left-sided breast cancer, 10.5% developed coronary artery disease over the next 27Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Liver cancer is on the rise in rural America, but on a downswing in cities, new research shows. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer and the fastest-growing cause of cancer deaths in the United States. It’s rising atContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — New research offers good news for women with an aggressive HER2-positive breast cancer. A targeted therapy, trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), sold as Enhertu, triples the length of time that the cancer remains in check when compared with the current gold standard, trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1).Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer is expanding the recall of its anti-smoking drug Chantix (varenicline), the company announced Friday. The nationwide recall of all Chantix 0.5 mg and 1 mg tablets was prompted because they may contain levels of a nitrosamine, N-nitroso-varenicline, that are at or aboveContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients diagnosed with colon cancer may have a greater risk of dying from cancer or other causes in the next six months to year than colon cancer patients without MS, a Canadian study finds. “These results warrant further investigation toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Jeff Bridges has had a rough year. Almost a year ago, the actor was diagnosed with lymphoma. Then in January, he was exposed to the COVID-19 virus while receiving chemotherapy. “Covid kicked my (expletive) pretty good,” Bridges wrote in a blog post onContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Patients with B-cell blood cancers who did not make antibodies to COVID-19 after two shots of vaccine may find that a third shot does the trick, new research finds. More than half the patients who had failed to respond to the first twoContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Colon cancer risk runs in families, and it’s not just a parent or sibling having had the disease that should concern you. If you have a second- or third-degree relative who had colon cancer at an early age, your odds of having theContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Twenty years on, responders to the World Trade Center attacks in New York City are showing increased risks of certain cancers, two new studies confirm. Researchers found higher-than-average rates of prostate cancer among firefighters, medics and other workers who toiled at the disasterContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When Nancy Cappello was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in 2003, she was stunned. How could this have happened? She went for her annual screening mammogram every year and was always told that all was fine. It wasn’t. Cappello had dense breasts, butContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Sept. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Most parents want their children to live carefree lives, so a diagnosis of childhood cancer is devastating. Fortunately, pediatric cancers are rare. Yet it doesn’t hurt to be watchful for the warning signs, suggest experts in childhood cancer from Penn State Health. TheContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced that it had rejected the applications of nearly a million electronic cigarettes and related products. But it also delayed a decision on the fate of the leading vape product brand, Juul, drawing an outcryContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar revealed Thursday that she’s been treated for early-stage breast cancer, including surgery to remove a lump and radiation therapy. The 61-year-old Minnesota Democrat said in a statement posted on social media that Mayo Clinic doctors found worrying signs duringContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients who get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine appear to maintain the same levels of antibodies as people without cancer, Israeli researchers report. They compared the rate of COVID infections after the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine (Comirnaty) among 154 patients withContinue Reading