WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk for diabetes and other autoimmune diseases, a new study suggests. "Cure is no longer a sufficient goal in childhood cancer care,"...
ReadTUESDAY, Nov. 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Surgery to remove part of the lung can be a safe and effective treatment option for people with early stage lung cancer, even those traditionally considered "high-risk," a...
ReadMONDAY, Nov. 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Cooking meats at high temperatures, as in barbecuing or pan-frying, may increase the risk for kidney cancer, a new study suggests. The World Health Organization warned last month...
ReadTHURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Most Americans now support aggressive regulation to keep health care costs in check -- including price caps on drugs, medical devices and payments to doctors and hospitals, a...
ReadNovember 4, 2015 By Bob Tedeschi Matthew Orr/STAT Linnea Olson, an artist and shop owner in Lowell, Mass., knew the experimental drug she was given might save her life. She also knew it might kill...
ReadTUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Programs that stigmatize smoking can backfire. That's the conclusion of new research that found that, while portraying smoking as socially unacceptable can persuade some smokers to quit, it...
ReadMONDAY, Nov. 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Despite the stereotype that Americans are eating more unhealthful foods that leave them vulnerable to assorted diseases, a new study suggests the opposite may be true. Harvard researchers...
ReadFRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- America's scramble for health insurance coverage under Obamacare may be slowing to a crawl. The sign-up period for 2016 coverage under the Affordable Care Act begins Nov. 1....
ReadTHURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer is now as common among black women as among whites, although black women continue to have a higher death rate from the disease, an American Cancer...
ReadWEDNESDAY, Oct. 28, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- In a small trial, a drug designed to fight inherited ovarian cancers in women appeared to help some men with advanced prostate cancer. Lynparza (olaparib) targets mutations that...
ReadTUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- While experts know the chances of finding a type of early stage breast cancer known as DCIS increase with age, a new study from Germany shows these cancers...
ReadMONDAY, Oct. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A cancer diagnosis exacts an enormous toll on a person's health, and new research says it can also devastate a patient's ability to continue working and maintain financial...
ReadFRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The chemotherapy drug Yondelis (trabectedin) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat certain soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) that have spread or can't be treated...
ReadTHURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Lower-level radiation and chemotherapy may be as effective as standard doses for some patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancer of the throat, tonsils and tongue, and may cause...
ReadWEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The American Cancer Society's new breast cancer screening guidelines are likely to face some resistance within the medical community, based on early reaction. The guidelines, unveiled Tuesday, delay...
ReadTUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- High-dose radiation therapy over a short period of time treats early stage breast cancer as well as longer, conventional radiation therapy does, a new study suggests. Researchers from...
ReadMONDAY, Oct. 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of breast conservation surgery and radiation is as effective as breast removal for some women with large, localized invasive breast tumors, a new study contends. Breast-conserving...
ReadTHURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Poor cancer patients are less likely to choose to be in clinical trials of experimental treatments, a new study finds. Researchers followed the treatments of more than 1,200...
ReadBy Lisa Rapaport October 13, 2015 (Reuters Health) - Cancer survivors may be less likely to follow a healthy diet than other people, particularly where leafy greens and whole grains are concerned, a U.S. study...
ReadSATURDAY, Oct. 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Breast self-exams that might help detect breast cancer should be done once a month, a doctor recommends. Women should do the self-exams about seven to 10 days from...
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