PET/MRI detects brain injury in pediatric cancer survivors
PET/MRI could be a tool for diagnosing brain injury in young cancer survivors due to high-dose methotrexate treatment, according to pediatric radiologists at Stanford University in Stanford, CA.
In a pilot study in 10 children and young adults, F-18 FDG-PET/MRI detected brain injury based on reductions in glucose metabolism and blood flow in specific brain areas. The imaging findings could facilitate earlier treatments in these patients, noted lead author Lucia Baratto, MD, and colleagues.
“Using F-18 FDG-PET/MRI for assessing the cerebral impact of methotrexate therapy in pediatric cancer survivors holds the potential...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
Why Are So Many Young People Getting Cancer? It ’s Complicated
Just this month, two young, high-profile public figures announced that they have cancer. First, Olivia Munn, 43, disclosed that she was treated for breast cancer after catching it early. Days later, Kate Middleton, 42, announced she has been receiving treatment for an unspecified form of cancer.
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Their diagnoses spotlight a troubling trend: both in the U.S. and around the world, cancer diagnoses are growing more common among adults younger than 50. By 2030, one recent study estimated, the number of these early-onset cancer diagnoses could increase by roughly 30% worldwide&md...
Source: TIME: Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
How only 10% of all cancers are in adults under 50 but experts warn of an 'epidemic' of disease in young adults after Kate Middleton's shock diagnosis
Reacting to Kate Middleton's shock diagnosis, experts today warned of an ongoing 'epidemic' of the disease among younger people. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Popular Acne-Treatment Products Found to Contain High Levels of Carcinogenic Chemical
Hand sanitizers were tainted by benzene. Sunscreens and dry shampoos too. Now acne treatments are joining the list of widely used consumer products found to contain high levels of the chemical linked to cancer.
Acne products from brands including Proactiv, Target Corp.’s Up & Up and Clinique have elevated levels of the carcinogen, an independent testing laboratory said in a petition filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Tuesday. The lab asked the FDA to recall the affected treatments—all of which contain the active ingredient benzoyl peroxide—while regulators investigate.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anna Edney / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight wire Source Type: news
The Unique Hell of Getting Cancer as a Young Adult
When I got diagnosed with Stage 3b Hodgkin Lymphoma at age 32, it was almost impossible to process. Without a family history or lifestyle risk factors that put cancer on my radar, I stared at the emergency room doctor in utter disbelief when he said the CT scan of my swollen lymph node showed what appeared to be cancer—and lots of it. A few days away from a bucket list trip to Japan, I’d only gone to the emergency room because the antibiotics CityMD prescribed to me when I was sick weren’t working.I didn’t want to be sick in a foreign country. So when the doctor told me of my diagnosis, the on...
Source: TIME: Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maria Yagoda Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Unfavorable Colon Cancer Trends in Young Adults Seen Across the Pond, Too
(MedPage Today) -- Colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality rates in the European Union (EU) and the U.K. have declined since 2018, a new study showed, but trends among younger adults are raising concern.
Using data from the WHO and Eurostat databases... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 30, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Risk of suicide in patients with thyroid cancer: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis - Li C, Zhang M, Wang Q, Jiang K, Ye Y.
INTRODUCTION: In recent years, the incidence of thyroid cancer has increased manyfold and young adults, who have a greater financial burden and occupational stress, comprise a large number. Previous studies have shown mixed results, even distinct results, ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
A Surgeon General Report Once Cleared the Air About Smoking. Is It Time for One on Vaping?
NEW YORK — Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to huge changes in smoking in America.
Today, some public health experts say a similar report could help clear the air about vaping.
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Many U.S. adults believe nicotine vaping is as harmful as — or more dangerous than — cigarette smoking. That’s wrong. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and most scientists agree that, based on available evidence, electronic cigarettes are far less danger...
Source: TIME: Health - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe / AP Tags: Uncategorized wire Source Type: news
COVID Vax and Blood Clots; Cancer Rise in Young Adults; Corpse-Abuse Charge Dropped
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Last year's COVID-19 booster reduced... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - January 12, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
More Adults Sought ADHD Drugs During the Pandemic
Prescriptions for ADHD treatments surged among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to fuel lingering shortages that frustrate parents and doctors.
New prescriptions for stimulants used to treat the condition jumped for young adults and women during a two-year window after the pandemic hit in March 2020, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry.
Prescriptions also soared for nonstimulant treatments for adults of all ages, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration researchers found.
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is one of the ...
Source: TIME: Health - January 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TOM MURPHY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
6 Myths About IBD, Debunked
Michelle Pickens’ symptoms escalated in college. At the time, she was throwing up at least once a day, and experiencing frequent nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and constipation. Juggling classes with work at a design studio became an extreme exercise in perseverance. She knew in her gut that something was wrong.
Yet three different doctors “wrote it off as stress,” says Pickens, now 32, who lives in Annapolis, Md. Lab work and procedures to see inside her gastrointestinal tract showed nothing abnormal. “No one wanted to dig deeper,” she recalls. In a final act of desperation, Pickens sa...
Source: TIME: Health - December 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lindsay Lyon Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Most Americans Are Quitting Smoking —Except For Those Over 65
An endless supply of trendy takes in recent years claim that among young adults, smoking is cool again. But though they may be hanging from the lips of major influencers and starlets, cigarettes have far more fans in an older demographic, according to new data on adult smoking behaviors in the United States. From 2011 to 2022, the prevalence of smoking habits decreased in every age bracket except one: the 65-and-up crowd.
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Public health campaigns and programs outlining the dangers of smoking aren’t really aimed at older adults, says Rafael Meza, an integrative onc...
Source: TIME: Health - December 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Study Confirms Small Blood Cancer Risk From CT Scans Study Confirms Small Blood Cancer Risk From CT Scans
The increased risk of hematological malignancies from CT radiation exposure in children and young adults should be viewed in the context of the substantial benefit these scans offer, experts say.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
PET/MRI reveals effects of COVID-19 vaccines in children
In this study, they hypothesized that F-18 FDG-PET/MRI may reveal activation in the thymus in pediatric oncology patients in addition to lymph node reactions.The group assessed scans of six children with extrathoracic cancer before and after COVID-19 vaccination. They analyzed both PET and MRI biomarkers, such as uptake of F-18 FDG radiotracer (maximum standard uptake values, or SUVmax), mean apparent diffusion coefficient on MRI, and size of the thymus and axillary lymph nodes.There was a significant increase in the metabolic activity in the ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes across all patients after COVID-19 vaccination, ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 30, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Clinical News Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
Study Looks at Palliative Care Use in Adolescents, Young Adults With Cancer
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- For adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer, the likelihood of receiving specialty palliative care (SPC) is increased for those reporting moderate or severe symptoms, according to a study published online Oct. 20 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
