Oncology & Cancer
Study finds suicide rates among cancer patients are falling
Even as suicide rates have risen among Americans generally, one group appears to be bucking that trend: People diagnosed with cancer.
May 30, 2024
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News tagged with cancer death rate
Oncology & Cancer
With breast cancer risks, where you live matters, researchers find
Inadequate health care access, unhealthy diets and not enough exercise are all well-known risk factors for the number one cause of cancer-related deaths in women—breast cancer—but what was never clear is why death rates ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Researchers document dramatic increase in cervical cancer in Appalachian Kentucky
While the overall incidence and death rates from cervical cancer have dropped in the U.S., the opposite has been occurring in Appalachian Kentucky—a steady increase. The death rate from cervical cancer in Appalachian Kentucky ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Health
Study of former Notre Dame football players finds college players more likely to have brain disorders
The link between playing football and an increased risk of developing later-life brain disorders like chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has received increasing attention over the ...
Apr 20, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Vitamin D supplements may reduce risk of developing advanced cancer
For many years, investigators have been trying to pin down the tantalizing connection between vitamin D and cancer. Epidemiological studies have found that people who live near the equator, where exposure to sunlight produces ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
CVD leading cause of death worldwide, but cancer rising cause in rich countries
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of death among middle-aged adults around the world; however, in high-income countries deaths from cancer have become twice as frequent as those from CVD.
Sep 3, 2019
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Health
Heart disease and cancer kill more people in developing nations than in Western countries
Diseases such as cancer, heart disease and stroke are deadlier in the developing world than in rich nations.
Jul 25, 2018
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Cardiology
A first: Drug lowers heart risks by curbing inflammation
For the first time, a drug has helped prevent heart attacks by curbing inflammation, a new and very different approach than lowering cholesterol, the focus for many years.
Aug 28, 2017
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Health
Life expectancy increases globally as death toll falls from major diseases
People are living much longer worldwide than they were two decades ago, as death rates from infectious diseases and cardiovascular disease have fallen, according to a new, first-ever journal publication of country-specific ...
Dec 17, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Common food preservative may slow, even stop tumor growth
Nisin, a common food preservative, may slow or stop squamous cell head and neck cancers, a University of Michigan study found.
Oct 31, 2012
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