Higher Dietary Quality at Breast Cancer Diagnosis Linked to Lower CVD Risk
TUESDAY, April 23, 2024 -- Higher diet quality at diagnosis of breast cancer is associated with a lower risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and death, especially the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet quality index, according to a... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 23, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Cancer Takes Tough Toll on Family Finances
TUESDAY, April 23, 2024 -- About six out of 10 working-age adults hit with a cancer diagnosis say it put real pressure on their financial survival, a new report finds. “Today’s findings reiterate the critical role access to affordable, quality... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
CHC: Creating Healthier Communities awards funds to Georgia communities to help prevent one of the most common forms of cancer
Healthy Savannah, East Georgia Cancer Coalition, and Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential join CHC to focus on vaccination equity to prevent cervical cancer in Macon, Savannah, Augusta, and the surrounding areas. ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CHC:... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 23, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: NPT LIC Source Type: news
FDA Approves New Bladder Cancer Drug FDA Approves New Bladder Cancer Drug
The first-in-class agent is approved alongside bacillus Calmette-Gu érin to treat certain non–muscle-invasive bladder cancers that do not respond to bacillus Calmette-Guérin alone.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Alert Source Type: news
Lung Cancer Cells Switch Oncogenic Drivers
Mouse models mimicking the transition from a common form of lung cancer to a more aggressive one may help scientists develop future strategies to prevent this transformation. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - April 23, 2024 Category: Science Tags: News News & Opinion Source Type: news
Kenya: Aga Khan University Gets Funding for Cervical Cancer Testing
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Aga Khan University has been awarded Sh19.6 million by the National Institute of Health to advance cervical cancer testing in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 23, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news
Few Cancer Survivors Meet ACS Nutrition, Exercise Guidelines Few Cancer Survivors Meet ACS Nutrition, Exercise Guidelines
Only 4% of cancer survivors reported adhering to four key healthy lifestyle practices endorsed by the American Cancer Society.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology Clinical Summary Source Type: news
Experts reveal the six foods that slash your risk of diabetes, cancer and dementia
They also warned against some popular foods that can have the opposite effect. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I'm dying because doctors missed my cancer: Woman, 68, given months to live slams 'callous' hospital bosses who 'condemned me to death' for repeatedly refusing to meet her
Anne Shaw, 68, developed terminal cancer after doctors failed to spot a golf-ball sized ovarian tumour clearly visible in a routine scan in 2019, then dismissed her concerns. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
PET/CT superior to MRI for detecting spinal bone metastases
Gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTATATE PET/CT appears to be the best approach for detecting spinal bone metastases in patients with certain neuroendocrine tumors, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD.
In a study of patients with pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs), the group found the approach was superior to F-18 FDG-PET/CT, MRI of the spine, whole-body CT, and whole-body MRI. The finding is significant regarding efforts to prevent serious complications in these patients, noted lead author Abhishek Jha, MD, and colleagues.
“Bone metastases weaken and destroy skeletal tissue...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Radiation Oncology Source Type: news
Novel risk prediction model improves LCS uptake
A novel risk prediction model used in the Ontario Lung Cancer Screening Pilot increased the uptake of lung cancer screening among eligible Canadians, researchers have found.
A team led by Martin C. Tammemägi, PhD, of Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, reported that use of the model translated to an adherence rate to annual recall and early surveillance scans and clinical investigations of more than 85%. The findings were published April 19 in Nature Medicine.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death around the world, and research has shown that low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screening of high-risk indi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: CT Chest Radiology Source Type: news
Haiti ’s Healthcare Nears Collapse Amid Violence as Hospitals Shutter, Medicine Dwindles
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp as a doctor and two nurses raced to save her.
[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]
They stuck electrodes to her chest and flipped on an oxygen machine while keeping their eyes on a computer screen that reflected a dangerously low oxygen level of 84%.
No one knew what was wrong with her.
Even more worrisome, the Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Cite Soleil slum was running low on key medicine to treat convulsions.
“The me...
Source: TIME: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dánica Coto / AP Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight wire Source Type: news
FDA approves bladder cancer treatment by Culver City company
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Culver City-based ImmunityBio's treatment for a type of bladder cancer. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 23, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Times staff Source Type: news
'Cancer slashed my income by £1,300 a month - patients shouldn't be penalised'
Mphango Simwaka is one of 250,000 cancer patients thought to be struggling with the cost of essentials and bills in the UK. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Michael Cuscuna, Grammy-Winning Producer and Titan of Jazz, Dies at 75
Michael Cuscuna, the three-time Grammy winner, Mosaic Records co-founder, historian and archivist who produced hundreds of jazz reissues and studio sessions during his career, has died. He was 75. Cuscuna died Saturday of cancer at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, Grammy-winning recording artist…#michaelcuscuna #grammy #mosaicrecords #stamford #connecticut #billyvera #buddyjuniors #buddyguy #juniorwells #vanguardrecords (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
