Higher Brain Cancer Risk After CT Exam in Childhood
(MedPage Today) -- There has been an escalating risk of brain cancer associated with increasing radiation dose to the brain from CT examinations, a cohort study of more than 650,000 children and young adults indicated.
Researchers observed a significant... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - December 9, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Discoveries & Impact from Yale Internal Medicine
Recent research from the Yale School of Medicine explores the health impacts on adults who sleep less than six hours, young adults coping with cancer, and more. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - November 29, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Psychiatric disorder incidence among adolescents and young adults aged 15-39 with cancer: population-based cohort - Rosgen BK, Moss SJ, Fiest KM, McKillop S, Diaz RL, Barr RD, Patten SB, Deleemans J, Fidler-Benaoudia MM.
BACKGROUND: Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors face physical and psychological sequelae related to having cancer decades after treatment completion. It is unclear if AYA cancer survivors are at increased risk for late psychiatric disorders. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Cancer death rates continue to fall, latest federal data show
Pre-pandemic cancer death rates continued to decline among men, women, children, adolescents and young adults in every major racial and ethnic group in the U,S. from 2015 to 2019, newly released federal data show. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What you should know about thyroid cancer in adolescents, young adults
Cancer is often thought of as a disease that affects older people, and with the median age of a cancer diagnosis at 66 years, it does. But cancer can be diagnosed at any age. Younger people, including adolescents and young adults between ages 15 and 39 — known as AYAs — also are affected by cancer. Thyroid cancer is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in this age group. Fortunately, treatment is straightforward, and… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - September 20, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
More Adolescents and Young Adults Enrolled in Trials After Launch of NCTN
TUESDAY, Sept. 13, 2022 -- The proportion of adolescents and young adults (AYAs; aged 15 to 39 years) enrolled in clinical trials increased after launch of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) in 2014,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 13, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Internal Clock Disruptions Increase Colon Cancer Risk in Mice
Disturbing circadian rhythms in organoids and mice increases intestinal tumor growth, findings that may explain a recent rise in colon cancer among young adults, the researchers behind the work say. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - August 19, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
fMRI radiomics, AI spot social anxiety in young adults
The combination of radiomics features on functional brain MRI (fMRI) exams an...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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MRI reveals brain changes caused by depression, anxiety (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 19, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist receives grant to support teen and young adult cancer patients
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has received a two-year $380,000 grant from Teen Cancer America and First Citizens Bank to support programs for teens and young adults with cancer.
The grant enables Wake Forest Baptist to develop an oncology program specifically for adolescents and young adults (AYA) undergoing cancer treatment at their NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and at Brenner Children ’s Hospital. Funding helps support a medical program manager, patient navigator and medical… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - August 14, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: news
High Risk for Persistent Opioid Use in Young People With Sarcoma High Risk for Persistent Opioid Use in Young People With Sarcoma
Roughly one quarter of adolescents and young adults with sarcoma will continue to use opioids after their cancer treatment, a new study shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - June 8, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Loneliness Is a Public Health Emergency. Here ’s What Helps, According to Experts
When the pandemic first began, many experts feared that even people who managed to avoid the virus would suffer from unprecedented levels of loneliness. What would happen when millions of people were told to stay at home and distance themselves from friends and loved ones?
Two years of research later, experts have found that the pandemic did make Americans slightly more lonely—but loneliness levels were already dire enough to pose a threat to mental and physical health. Here’s what you need to know about loneliness and how to address it in your own life.
Who got lonelier during the pandemic?
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Source: TIME: Health - June 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Loneliness Is a Public Health Emergency. Here ’ s What Helps, According to Experts
When the pandemic first began, many experts feared that even people who managed to avoid the virus would suffer from unprecedented levels of loneliness. What would happen when millions of people were told to stay at home and distance themselves from friends and loved ones?
Two years of research later, experts have found that the pandemic did make Americans slightly more lonely—but loneliness levels were already dire enough to pose a threat to mental and physical health. Here’s what you need to know about loneliness and how to address it in your own life.
Who got lonelier during the pandemic?
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Source: TIME: Health - June 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Young Adult Obesity Has Quintupled. Will'Cancer Wave' Follow? Young Adult Obesity Has Quintupled. Will'Cancer Wave' Follow?
Maurie Markman discusses a recent article highlighting obesity prevalence among young adults with an eye toward the implications for cancer incidence in the United States.Medscape Oncology (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - May 9, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology Commentary Source Type: news
Exercise Intervention Evaluated in Young Cancer Patients
TUESDAY, March 22, 2022 -- The Yo-Yo AD, an intermittent recovery test, can be used to assess the impact of a precision-based exercise intervention among children, adolescents, and young adults with hematologic malignancies, according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 22, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Young Adults With Cancer Facing Psychological Distress During Pandemic
High psychological distress tied to lower quality of life, social isolation, impaired cancer care (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - January 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Journal, Source Type: news
