(Benchmark Reporter) – Not only is breast density linked to an increased risk of cancer, it can also make cancer much harder to detect since...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer A new type of blood test is starting to transform cancer treatment, sparing some patients the surgical and needle biopsies...
(The Times-Gazette) – According to a report on worldwide trend a staggering $100 billion is spent annually on cancer medicines, diagnostic tests and consultations. Paradoxically,...
(DNA India) – Women who have breastfed in the past face a 30% reduced risk of breast cancer recurrence, claims a new study. According to a new Kaiser...
(HNGN) – Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have conducted a study that shows chemotherapy can lead to mind-wandering and an inability to concentrate. Long...
TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer The nation’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealth, will muscle up for its fight against rising prescription drug costs by spending more than...
Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly In a new study that could help improve the day-to-day quality-of-life for women with breast cancer, UCLA researchers...
Renee Lewis, AL JAZEERA AMERICA (Al Jazeera America)—The most widely used herbicide in the world, glyphosate, the active ingredient in the Monsanto product Roundup, was...
by Roberto Alejandro Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper A recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found people with HIV develop cancer...
(UncoverCalifornia.com) – A new study by scientists from the Loma Linda University has revealed that vegetarians are at lower risk of developing colorectal cancer than...
MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — New guidelines from the World Health Organization are enough to kill anyone’s sugar high. The U.N. health agency...
(Bloomberg) — An overlooked drug bought by a biotech company for a mere $6.6 million a decade ago could become one of the biggest selling...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Alisha Gibson was told nothing was wrong. Her primary care doctor had twice prescribed...
by Sandra Jordan Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American They started with a question about what they can be done with light without...
(Salon) – Although former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s war against large sodas failed in court, it succeeded in spreading awareness about the danger of consuming too many...
LINDA A. JOHNSON, AP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Imagine being able to identify who is likely to develop a particular disease — and then...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking and...
KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Insurance companies, perhaps more than previously thought, may be charging the sickest patients extra for drugs under...
(Daily Mail) – Just a single cup of coffee a day could help ward off skin cancer, said a study. Four cups daily, however, would be...
(The Telegraph) – The majority of cancers are the result of bad luck rather than unhealthy lifestyles or inherited genetic faults, scientists have discovered. For years...
(Uncover Michigan) – A new research states that the presence of a sugar Neu5Gc in red meat could be the main cause behind high risk...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. has received approval for an updated version of its Gardasil vaccine that protects against an additional five...
(Business Standard) – Smoking can cause loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells, which may put male smokers at a greater risk of cancer,...
(Medical News Today) – The result marks the first major advance in the treatment of advanced bladder cancer for 30 years, note the researchers, who report their findings...
(Fox News) – Some half a million cases of cancer a year are due to people being overweight or obese, and the problem is particularly acute...