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12/5/16 ‘Magic Mushroom’ Chemical Eases Cancer Patients’ Despair

THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer often leaves patients feeling that life has no meaning, a state of mind that psychiatrists call "existential distress." But two new, small studies suggest that an ingredient...

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12/5/16 After Cancer, Higher Risk of Severe Heart Attack

THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer survivors are at increased risk for the most severe type of heart attack and require close attention to their heart health, a new study suggests. Researchers at...

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12/5/16 Wider Low-Dose Aspirin Use Would Save U.S. $692 Billion: Study

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Taking low-dose aspirin daily can reduce older Americans' risk of heart disease and cancer, and lead to significant savings in health care spending, a new study contends. University...

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12/5/16 Kidney Cancer Drug Shows Promise in Early Trial

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug may show promise in treating kidney cancer, researchers say. The drug CB-839 is the first to target an enzyme that cancer cells require to stay...

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12/5/16 Cancer Advances Demand Continual Funding, Specialists Say

TUESDAY, Nov. 29, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Sufficient and sustained funding for cancer research should be a global priority, European and American cancer organizations said at the start of an international oncology conference in Germany...

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12/5/16 Never Too Old for a Mammogram?

MONDAY, Nov. 28, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Women who think they're too old to worry about mammograms may want to reconsider the age at which their breast cancer screening years are behind them, a new...

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12/5/16 8 of 10 Texas Salons Heed Ban on Indoor Tanning for Minors

FRIDAY, Nov. 25, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Most indoor tanning salons in Texas comply with a law banning customers younger than 18, a new study found. Females posing as 17-year-olds called 829 tanning businesses statewide....

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12/5/16 Rural Appalachia Faces Growing Cancer Crisis, Research Shows

FRIDAY, Nov. 25, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- While the rest of the United States makes major strides against cancer, a cancer crisis is taking hold in rural Appalachia. A University of Virginia (UVA) team analyzed...

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12/5/16 Cancer Can Devour Income of Medicare-Only Patients

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Medical bills for older U.S. cancer patients can eat up one-quarter of their income or more if they have Medicare without supplemental insurance, a new study says. Hospitalization...

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12/5/16 No Benefit From Routine Thyroid Cancer Screening: Task Force

TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors should not screen for thyroid cancer in patients who have no symptoms of the disease, according to a U.S. Preventive Services Task Force draft recommendation. It reaffirms...

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12/5/16 Earnings Fall After a Child’s Cancer Diagnosis

MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- After a child's cancer diagnosis, parents' income often drops and mothers frequently stop working, a new study finds. Moreover, the financial effects of a cancer diagnosis can last...

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11/21/16 Depressed Women Less Likely to Get Best Breast Cancer Care: Study

FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer patients with a history of depression are less likely to receive recommended care for their disease, a new study finds. The study included more than 45,000...

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11/21/16 CDC Reveals Top 5 Causes of Death

THURSDAY, Nov. 17, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Heart disease tops the list of what's most likely to kill you or someone you love, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. The federal Centers for Disease Control and...

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11/17/16 Exercise Good for Cancer Patients During, After Treatment

TUESDAY, Nov. 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Exercising during and after cancer treatment is safe and improves quality of life, fitness and physical functioning, new research indicates. Benefits occurred with all types of exercise, said...

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11/17/16 Alcohol May Fuel Prostate Cancer Risk

TUESDAY, Nov. 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking may raise the risk of prostate cancer, and the more men drink the greater their risk, a new analysis of 27 studies suggests. Canadian and Australian scientists...

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11/14/16 Trump Victory Won’t Derail Obamacare Open Enrollment for 2017

FRIDAY, Nov. 11, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Although President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration says it will forge ahead with health insurance sign-ups for 2017. "We are...

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11/14/16 Sexual Pain for Women With Cancer Should Not Be Overlooked: Report

FRIDAY, Nov. 11, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Painful sex is common, though often treatable, in women with cancer, yet doctors often overlook it, researchers say. "Sexual pain is often written off as 'in people's heads,'...

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11/14/16 Intense Chemo Offers Little Benefit for Early Breast Cancer: Study

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A more intense type of chemotherapy offers little benefit over standard chemotherapy for women with high-risk early breast cancer, European researchers report. Known as tailored dose-dense chemotherapy, the...

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11/14/16 Low Vitamin D Levels May Raise Bladder Cancer Risk: Study

TUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Low vitamin D levels may increase the risk of bladder cancer, researchers report. Five of seven studies the researchers reviewed linked low vitamin D levels with an higher...

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11/14/16 Childhood Cancer Survivors Living Longer But Not Always Better

MONDAY, Nov. 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Despite three decades of advancements in treating children with cancer, patients who survive into adulthood don't report better physical or mental health than their counterparts who were treated...

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