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Researchers: Too Soon To Tell If 'Liquid Biopsies' Help More Than Harm In Cancer Screening
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 16, 2025
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TUESDAY, Sept. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “Liquid biopsy” tests using blood samples to screen for multiple types of cancer are attracting much attention, for their potential to catch unseen tumors.
But it's too soon to tell whether they're truly useful...
Nutrient in Vegetables May Help the Body Fight Cancer
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- September 12, 2025
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FRIDAY, Sept. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A common nutrient found in leafy greens and corn may do more than protect eyesight.
New research shows that zeaxanthin, a plant-derived carotenoid, can strengthen the body’s cancer-fighting immune cells and make...
Cervical Cancer Survivors Have Higher Risk of Another Type Of Cancer
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 12, 2025
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FRIDAY, Sept. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women who overcome cervical cancer might have another potentially life-threatening health crisis on their horizon, researchers say...
New Gel May Help Prevent Hair Loss During Chemotherapy, Early Research Finds
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- September 4, 2025
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THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new shampoo-like gel developed by researchers at Michigan State University could help protect cancer patients from a common and dreaded side effect of
Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases Rising as Fewer Men Are Screened, New Report Says
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- September 4, 2025
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THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Prostate cancer rates are climbing in the U.S. with more men being diagnosed at later stages when the disease is harder to treat, researche...
Gordon Ramsay Reveals Skin Cancer Diagnosis, Urges Folks To Use Sunscreen
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- September 2, 2025
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TUESDAY, Sept. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Celebrity chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay revealed he had surgery to remove basal cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer, from his jawline.
'Reborn Again': Blind Bride-To-Be Thriving After Triple-Organ Transplant
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- September 2, 2025
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TUESDAY, Sept. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Stricken with cancer in infancy, Jessica Lopez endured tumor-fighting treatments that saved her young life but also left her with lasting heart damage.
By the time she reached her early 30s, Lopez, who was left blind...
Plant-Based Diet Protects Against Multiple Chronic Illnesses
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 29, 2025
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FRIDAY, Aug. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Shifting to a plant-based diet can help keep people from being plagued by multiple health problems as they age, a new study says.
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Many Cancer Patients Say Doctors Aren't Honoring Their Treatment Desires
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 26, 2025
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TUESDAY, Aug. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Frequently, patients with advanced cancer simply want to be made as comfortable as possible as they wind down their final days.
Doctors aren’t listening to their desires, a new study indicates.
Many of these pat...
Nike Co-Founder And Wife Donate $2B to Cancer Research at OHSU, Largest U.S. University Gift
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- August 18, 2025
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MONDAY, Aug. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, will donate $2 billion to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to expand cancer research and patient ...
Gut Docs Lose Their Edge Leaning On AI Assistance For Colonscopy
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 14, 2025
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THURSDAY, Aug. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence (AI) is being touted as a means of improving doctors’ effectiveness, but the new tool might dull their skills in some instances, a new study argues.
Specifically, doctors became worse at perfo...
AI Uses Voice To Detect Throat Cancer
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 13, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A person’s own voice might soon be a means of detecting whether they’re suffering throat cancer, a new study says.
Men with cancer of the larynx, or voice box, have distinct differences in their voices that co...
New Vaccine May Help Stop Deadly Pancreatic Cancers From Coming Back
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- August 12, 2025
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TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new vaccine aimed at a common cancer gene mutation could help stop aggressive pancreatic cancers from coming back, a small clinical trial suggests.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal cancers, with a five-year sur...
Sending Unsolicited Stool Test Kits The Best Way To Boost Colon Cancer Screening, Study Argues
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 7, 2025
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THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Automatically mailing a stool test kit to people’s homes might be the best way to boost colon cancer screening ...
Fear Of Hair Loss Might Cause Some To Reject Cancer Treatment
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- Dennis Thompson
- August 6, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Needless fear of hair loss and brittle, discolored nails caused by cancer treatment might lead many patients to avoid or delay life-sa...
New Drug May Fight a Deadly Bone Marrow Disorder
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- August 5, 2025
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TUESDAY, Aug. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A recently approved leukemia pill also might help some patients diagnosed with a deadly bone marrow disorder, a new pilot study says.
About 3 in 5 patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) responded to treatment with olut...
An Artificial Sweetener May Hamper Cancer Treatment
- HealthDay Reporter
- Ernie Mundell
- August 4, 2025
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MONDAY, Aug. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Findings from a study in mice suggest that using a common artificial sweetener, sucralose, could hamper certain immunotherapy treatments in cancer patients.
However, for folks reluctant to give up the ubiquitous sweeten...
Deion Sanders Shares Bladder Cancer Journey, Urges Others to Get Checked
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- July 30, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders says he is now cancer-free after an unexpected battle with bladder cancer. Now ...
Firefighters at Higher Risk for Many Cancers
- HealthDay Reporter
- Ernie Mundell
- July 30, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Firefighters work hard saving lives, and in process put their own lives at heightened risk from skin, kidney and other types of cancers, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) study finds.
“Although this isn’t fa...
RFK Jr. May Remove Top Panel on Preventive Services Task Force
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- July 28, 2025
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MONDAY, July 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering removing all 16 members of an advisory group that helps decide which preventive services, like
Autoantibodies Influence Cancer Response To Immunotherapy, Study Says
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- July 28, 2025
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MONDAY, July 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cutting-edge immunotherapy drugs are incredibly effective against some cancers but barely put a dent in others – and researchers m...
For the Win: College Student Powerlifts Past Breast Cancer
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- July 25, 2025
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FRIDAY, July 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — LaShae Rolle, 27, is a competitive powerlifter capable of squatting 441 pounds, benching 292 pounds and deadlifting 497 pounds.
You Might Not Need As Many Daily Steps As You Think, Review Argues
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- July 24, 2025
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THURSDAY, July 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Walkers don’t need to march 10,000 steps a day to gain substantial health benefits, a comprehensive new evidence review has concluded.
Instead, getting just 7,000 steps a day appears to be most effective in reducing ...
COVID Boosters Protect People With Cancer
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- July 23, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, July 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients can be very vulnerable to a severe COVID infection, but COVID-19 vaccine boosters can be lifesavers for them, a new study...
Surviving Cancer Doesn't Change Eating Habits For Most, Study Says
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- July 23, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, July 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A cancer diagnosis often forces a person to take a hard look at their life and lifestyle, but a new study shows that few take steps to eat healthier after treatment.
People who survive cancer are as likely as others to ig...
GI Cancers On The Rise Among Younger Adults
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- July 21, 2025
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MONDAY, July 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — GI cancers among people 50 and younger are rising at an alarming rate, increasing in the U.S. faster than any other type of early onset cancer, according to a pair of new studies.
Cancers of the colon, stomach and esophagus ...
Living Near Polluted Missouri Creek as a Child Tied to Later Cancer Risk
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- July 17, 2025
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THURSDAY, July 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks who grew up near a polluted Missouri creek during the 1940s through 1960s may have higher odds for cancer now, new research shows.
The study focused on Coldwater Creek in St. Louis County. The area was contaminated w...
Chronically Ill Kids Carry Heavy Emotional Burden
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- July 17, 2025
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THURSDAY, July 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Kids coping with chronic health problems like asthma also are struggling with the emotional burden of stress, fear and sadness, a new study says.<...
Obesity-Related Cancer Deaths More Than Triple In U.S.
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- July 14, 2025
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MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cancer deaths linked to obesity more than tripled in the U.S. during the past two decades, a new study says.
Insured? You're More Likely To Survive Cancer Through Immunotherapy Treatment
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- July 9, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, July 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Powerful new immunotherapies are offering fresh hope for patients with many different types of cancer.
Unfortunately, that hope ...
Three-Quarters of Stomach Cancers Could Be Prevented By Targeting One Type of Bacteria
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- July 8, 2025
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TUESDAY, July 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Three-quarters of stomach cancer cases could be prevented if doctors eradicate infection by a common type of bacteria, a new study says.
The bacteria, Helicobacter pylori, is linked to 76% of future stomach can...
Is Radiation Therapy For Cancer a Double-Edged Sword?
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- July 7, 2025
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MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Radiation therapy to treat cancer might be a double-edged sword that increases the risk posed by other malignant tumors, a new study argu...
Nestle, Other Food Companies Vow to Ban Artificial Colors
- HealthDay Reporter
- Denise Mann
- June 30, 2025
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MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nestle has joined a growing list of major food companies pledging to voluntarily eliminate artificial colors from their U.S. products by the middle of next year amid mounting health concerns.
"We are always looking for diffe...
Appendix Cancer Cases Surge in Millennials and Gen X
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- June 17, 2025
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TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — When Chris Williams started feeling sharp stomach pain one night in 2021, he went straight to the emergency room. The next morning, he had surgery to remove his appendix.
But that wasn’t the end of his health scare. A...
Psychedelics Can Help Cancer Patients Battling Depression
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- June 17, 2025
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TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Magic mushrooms might be key to quelling depression among people battling cancer.
A single dose of psilocybin provided sustained reductions in d...
Former MTV Host Ananda Lewis Dies at 52 After Breast Cancer Battle
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- June 13, 2025
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FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Ananda Lewis, a former MTV host and TV personality, is dead at 52.
Blood Tests Can Detect Cancer Years Earlier
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- June 10, 2025
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TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Blood tests can detect evidence of cancer three years earlier than the disease would otherwise be diagnosed,...
Celebrity Diagnoses Underscore Rising Breast Cancer Rates in Young Women
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- June 9, 2025
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MONDAY, June 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More young women in the United States are being diagnosed with breast cancer and several celebrities have helped...
ESPN's Jay Harris Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- June 6, 2025
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FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Longtime ESPN “SportsCenter” anchor Jay Harris has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is scheduled to have surgery on June 10.
Harris, 60, wrote ab...
Proinflammatory Foods Tied to Higher Risk of Death in Colon Cancer Patients
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- June 4, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — What you eat after a colon cancer diagnosis could do more than affect your energy or digestion — it might impact your chance of survival.
Exercise Cuts Colon Cancer Recurrence and Boosts Survival, Study Finds
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- June 2, 2025
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MONDAY, June 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A structured exercise program helped colon cancer survivors live longer and lowered their odds for a relapse, ...
Cancer Treatment 'Brain Drain' Occurring In Rural Areas
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- June 2, 2025
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MONDAY, June 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. rural communities could be experiencing a “brain drain” when it comes to cancer care, a new study says.
Most new r...
Climate Change Could Be Fueling Female Cancer Deaths
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- May 28, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Higher temperatures spurred by climate change could be increasing women’s risk of cancer, a new study...
Weight-Loss Drugs May Lower Risk Of Obesity-Related Cancers
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- May 28, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound can help reduce a woman&rsq...
Exercise Improves Odds Against Cancer
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- May 27, 2025
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The last thing a cancer patient might like to do is hit the treadmill or hop on an exercise bike, given how much the disease and its treatments drain a person’s energy.
Bu...
Biden’s Prostate Cancer Likely Grew Undetected for Years, Experts Say
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- May 23, 2025
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FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Former President Joe Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis has drawn attention to screening guidelines for older men.
When Biden, 82, ...
Alcohol-Related Cancer Deaths Double In The U.S.
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- May 23, 2025
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FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Alcohol-fueled cancer deaths nearly doubled in the United States during the past three decades, with cases amo...
Former President Joe Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- May 19, 2025
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Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office announced Sunday.
GLP-1 Drugs Appear To Lower Cancer Risk
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- May 19, 2025
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Cutting-edge GLP-1 weight-loss drugs appear to help lower cancer risk even beyond the benefits from dropping excess pounds, a new study says.
First-generation GLP-1 drugs like liraglutide (Saxenda) and
Testosterone Therapy Doesn't Increase Cancer Risk For Transmasculine People
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- May 16, 2025
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Transmasculine and gender diverse people who use testosterone are not at an increased risk for cervical, ovarian or other gynecological cancers, a new study says.
The resul...