FRIDAY, Aug. 14, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are at increased risk for skin cancer because of long hours spent in the desert sun, a new study...
ReadTHURSDAY, Aug. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Some women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer might benefit from a broader genetic test that includes more than 20 genes that have been found...
ReadWEDNESDAY, Aug. 12, HealthDay News -- Former President Jimmy Carter announced Wednesday that he has cancer. Carter, 90, said he learned only recently of his condition. In a statement released by The Carter Center, he...
ReadTUESDAY, Aug. 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Colonoscopy can save lives, but experts agree that testing rates remain too low. Now, researchers say a special scoring system might point to those people at highest risk...
ReadMONDAY, Aug. 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Spiritual and religious beliefs may benefit cancer patients' physical and mental health, researchers say. They conducted three reviews of all published studies on the topic, which included more...
ReadFRIDAY, Aug. 7, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A major genetic factor that prevents moles from turning into deadly melanoma skin cancer has been pinpointed by researchers. It's long been known that a mutation in the...
ReadTHURSDAY, Aug. 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A shorter course of radiation therapy is better for women with early stage breast cancer, according to a new study. Specifically, it found that those who received higher...
Readby Charles Bankhead Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Staging for newly diagnosed myeloma improved significantly with the addition of genomics information and a simple lab test to the standard staging criteria. Note that the...
Readby Charles Bankhead Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Staging for newly diagnosed myeloma improved significantly with the addition of genomics information and a simple lab test to the standard staging criteria. Note that the...
ReadTUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that birth control pills may also help shield women from uterine cancer. Taking birth control pills, even for just a few years, offers significant...
ReadTUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Some like it hot, and a new study finds that folks who favor spicy foods might also have a lower risk of premature death. The study was based...
ReadTUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- "Yo-yo dieting" does not increase cancer risk, a new study suggests. This type of dieting, also called weight cycling, features repeated episodes of weight loss followed by weight...
ReadMONDAY, Aug. 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists report that they have developed a urine test that may detect pancreatic cancer at an early stage. Usually, symptoms of this deadly disease do not appear until...
ReadFRIDAY, July 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Women who exercised or played sports as teens have a lower risk of premature death from cancer or any other cause much later in life, new research shows....
ReadWEDNESDAY, July 29, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists may some day predict lung cancer risk by examining the telomeres that protect your DNA. People with long telomeres are at increased risk for lung cancer but...
ReadMONDAY, July 27, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Many young cancer patients -- especially females -- have limited awareness about options to preserve their fertility, a new study shows. Cancer and cancer treatments may leave some...
ReadFRIDAY, July 24, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Odomo (sonidegib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat basal cell carcinoma skin cancer that has returned despite surgery or radiation. The treatment...
ReadTUESDAY, July 21, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Despite smaller, prior studies suggesting that the diabetes drug Actos might raise users' risk of bladder cancer, a large new study finds no evidence for such an effect....
ReadTHURSDAY, July 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- While overall smoking rates are falling in the United States, a new study points to one exception: Young women who often opt for "very light" smoking. The study...
ReadTHURSDAY, July 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Sunburns are painful and potentially cancer-causing, but that hasn't stopped them from becoming an increasingly popular means of artistic expression. Experts are now speaking out against "sunburn art,"...
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