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Millions Carry Hidden Cancer Risk, Experts Say
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 31, 2025
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FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans carry hidden genetic mutations that increase their risk of cancer, regardless of their family’s cancer history, according to a new study.
As many as 5% of Americans, or about 17 million, have gene...
Most Americans Unaware Alcohol Increases Cancer Risk
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 31, 2025
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FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than half of American adults don’t know that alcohol increases a person’s risk of cancer, a new study says.
About 53% of adults surveyed did not know that drinking increases the odds of developing cancer, re...
This Common Cholesterol Drug Might Protect Against 'Chemo Brain'
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 27, 2025
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MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The most common cholesterol drug around might help protect cancer patients from “chemo brain.”
Statins appeared to protect breast and lymphoma cancer patients’ brain function for up to two years after their...
Could COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Effectiveness of Cancer Immunotherapy?
- Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
- October 24, 2025
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FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The mRNA technology powering some COVID vaccines may hold a surprising benefit for advanced cancer patients: a potential ability to "rev up" the immune system to better use immunotherapy medicines to attack tumors.
Prelimina...
Pill Might Extend Survival Among Kids With Rare Bone Cancer
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 23, 2025
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THURSDAY, Oct. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Kids with a rare bone cancer might live longer if prescribed a drug that blocks blood supply to tumors, researchers say.
The drug pazopanib (Votrient) extended the liv...
How Does Cancer Kill People? New Theory Suggests Blood Clots
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 22, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — What kills cancer patients is where their malignancy spreads in their body, rather than the cancer itself, a new study says.
If tumors spread into major blood vessels, they can spark blood clotting that contributes to org...
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Loneliness Linked To Lower Odds Of Cancer Survival
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 15, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Loneliness or social isolation might lower a cancer patient’s odds of survival, according to a new evidence review.
Cancer patients who feel lonely appear to have a higher risk of death, both from their malignancy a...
Joe Biden Begins Treatment for Aggressive Prostate Cancer
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- October 14, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Former President Joe Biden is now receiving radiation and hormone therapy to treat an aggressive form of prostate cancer, his office confirm...
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Prior Authorizations Draining Time, Energy From Many Cancer Patients
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 14, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients aren’t just battling a deadly disease — part of their time and energy can also be spent fighting the system intended to cure them, a new
Quitting Smoking Nearly Doubles Cancer Patients' Short-Term Survival Odds, Experts Say
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 10, 2025
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FRIDAY, Oct. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Experts argue it’s never too late to quit smoking, and a new study says that applie...
Cancer Patients Face Better Odds In Medicaid Expansion States
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 10, 2025
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FRIDAY, Oct. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients are more likely to survive if they live in a state that expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), new research shows.
Patients were more likely to have higher five-year and overall su...
Financial Toxicity Fatal For Some Cancer Patients
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 9, 2025
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THURSDAY, Oct. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The financial hit from cancer care can prove fatal to some patients battling the dread disease, a new study says.
Patients whose credit rating dro...
Rare, Dangerous Type Of Breast Cancer On The Rise In The U.S.
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 8, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8, 2025 (HealthDay news) — A rare but dangerous form of breast cancer is on the rise in the United States, a new report says.
Lobular breast ca...
Inflammation Linked To Fatigue Among Cancer Patients
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 7, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fighting cancer can leave patients tired to their bones and researchers now think they might know why.
Inflammation was linked to fatigue among nearly 200 women with early-stage breast cancer during and after
Fish Oil May Raise or Lower Colon Cancer Risk, Depending on Your Genes
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- September 24, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — About 19 million U.S. adults take fish oil supplements, often to protect against chronic diseases. But new research suggests their ability to lower
Cancer Patients Getting Needed Painkillers Despite Opioid Crisis Response
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 24, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The fight against America’s opioid crisis does not appear to have cost cancer patients the painkillers they need, a new study says.
There was a decline in opioid prescriptions among cancer patients between 2016 and...
Teen Develops Rare Vaginal Cancer Typically Found In Older Women
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 23, 2025
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TUESDAY, Sept. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Liliana “Lili” Casteneda had what she thought was her first period at the age of 14, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But then her monthly bleeding turned into daily bleeding, and the bleeding got so...
Remote Monitoring Improves Recovery From Cancer Surgery
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 23, 2025
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TUESDAY, Sept. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Remote monitoring of cancer patients can improve their recovery after surgery, a new study says.
People whose health team tracke...
Experimental Patch Provides Real-Time Feedback On Muscle Performance
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 18, 2025
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THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An experimental wireless patch might help injured athletes better recover from muscle tears, sprains and strains, according to a new study.
The patch measures tissue stiffness by sending sound waves along the surface of t...
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...