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Skin Cancer Cluster in 15 Counties Near Farms
Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University have found that people living in or near cultivated croplands face a significantly higher risk of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. According to a Penn State news release, adults over age 50 who lived within a...
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Researchers Uncover Pancreatic Cancer Warning Sign
Pancreatic cancer is known as a silent killer, showing few symptoms until it reaches its deadly final stages. But researchers think they've found a warning sign that could help detect pancreatic cancers at an earlier, more treatable stage. Enlargement of the pancreatic duct -...
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Trump Admin Expands Visa Denials to Common Illnesses
The Trump administration has directed U.S. visa officers to consider chronic health conditions such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and mental health disorders when deciding whether to approve a foreigner's entry into the country. The directive was shared with...
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How to Spot Ultra-Processed Foods in Grocery Store
They're tasty, affordable and satisfy fast - ultra-processed foods (UPFs) dominate the American diet, accounting for more than half of the calories consumed by the average adult, and even more for children. These foods are a growing public health concern and federal health...
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Lung 'Breathalyzer' Screens for Cancer in Seconds
Scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a handheld electrochemical breath sensor that can accurately detect lung cancer in seconds. According to Study Finds, the device functions much like a police breathalyzer-but...
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Exercise Benefits Advanced Breast Cancer Patients
Exercise can help women with advanced breast cancer better withstand both cancer treatments and the ravages of the disease, a new clinical trial shows. A nine-month program of supervised aerobic and resistant exercise improved muscle mass and strength among women with...
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FDA Awards More Vouchers to Speed Drug Reviews
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it has awarded six more companies, including Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, special vouchers that will speed up the review of their medicines, bringing the total number of recipients to 15. The vouchers went to treatments...
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Many Patients Can Skip Radiation After Mastectomy
A new study suggests that many women with early-stage breast cancer may not need radiation after a mastectomy, thanks to advances in modern cancer treatment. The international clinical trial followed more than 1,600 women who had early-stage breast cancer. They were...
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Tobacco Still Top Cancer Killer
Tobacco remains the leading preventable cause of cancer death in the U.S., despite a dramatic decline in smoking, a new American Cancer Society report says. More than 80% of lung cancer deaths are linked to tobacco, according to data from the inaugural release of the...
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'Smart Toilet' Gives Important Feedback on Health
A new "smart toilet" device aims to help people track their health by analyzing their bathroom trips. The Dekoda device clamps around the rim of any standard toilet, where it uses advanced sensors to scan a person's waste, says its manufacturer, Kohler Health. With this data,...
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Most Americans Unaware Alcohol Raises Cancer Risk
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, researchers reported Oct. 30 in JAMA Oncology.In truth, alcohol...
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Blood Pressure Drug Recalled Due to Carcinogen
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says drug makers have recalled more than a half-million bottles of the blood pressure medication prazosin hydrochloride over concerns it may include a cancer-causing chemical. New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and drugs...
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Millions Have Hidden Genes That Raise Cancer Risk
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 genetic variants linked to cancer, researchers recently...
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Blood Test Helps Guide Chemotherapy Intensity
A simple blood test could change how doctors decide who needs chemotherapy, and how intensive it should be, in patients with colon or bladder cancer, according to study results presented at the ESMO meeting. More than 1,000 people with stage 3 colon cancer in one study had...
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FDA Approves GSK's Blood Cancer Treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved British drugmaker GSK's blood cancer drug, Blenrep, in one combination regimen, the company said on Thursday, clearing the way for its return to the market nearly three years after it was withdrawn. The FDA approved Blenrep...
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Pill Extends Survival in Kids With Rare Bone Cancer
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 lives of a small group of kids with Ewing sarcoma, which causes cancerous tumors in their bones, researchers...
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MRNA COVID Shots May Boost Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer patients who received mRNA-based COVID vaccines within 100 days of starting treatment with widely used immunotherapies were twice as likely to be alive three years after beginning treatment, researchers reported. Among 180 such patients with advanced non-small cell...
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Drug Combo Cuts Advanced Prostate Cancer Death Risk
A powerful new drug combo has yielded a major breakthrough for men battling an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Adding the drug enzalutamide to standard hormone therapy reduced the risk of premature death by more than 40% in patients whose prostate cancer had returned, a...
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Scientists Use LED Light to Blast Cancer Cells
A new treatment that uses LED light and microscopic tin flakes to destroy cancer cells without harming healthy ones may revolutionize cancer therapy, offering patients a safer and less invasive alternative to surgery and chemotherapy. Researchers at The University of Texas...
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Loneliness Linked to Lower Odds of Cancer Survival
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 and from other health problems, researchers reported Oct. 14...
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6 Breast Cancer Symptoms You Shouldn't Ignore
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to focus on the signs and symptoms of a disease that affects 1 in 8 women in the United States, according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. In 2025, an estimated 316,950 women and 2,800 men will be diagnosed with...
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Drug Combo Effective With Advanced Prostate Cancer
A new drug combo is offering hope for men with advanced prostate cancer. Adding the targeted cancer drug niraparib to hormone therapy reduced the risk of prostate tumor growth and slowed symptom advance, according to findings published Oct. 7 in the journal Nature...
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Rare, Dangerous Breast Cancer on the Rise
A rare but dangerous form of breast cancer is on the rise in the United States, a new report says. Lobular breast cancer rates are rising three times as fast as all other breast cancers combined, 2.8% per year versus 0.8% per year, researchers reported Oct. 7 in the journal...
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Gene Test Can Predict Breast Cancer Risk
A genetic risk score can help predict which women will develop invasive breast cancer after abnormal cells have been found in their breast tissue, researchers said. Women who scored high on the genetic blood test were twice as likely to develop breast cancer after doctors...
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Robot-Guided Device Finds Tumors Deep in the Lungs
A cutting-edge robot-assisted bronchoscope can reach very small tumors growing in the lung's deepest recesses, according to clinical trial results presented at a European Respiratory Society meeting in Amsterdam. The device uses a specialized CT scanner to find tumors buried...