Using the results of a standard blood test and an online tool, you can find out if you are at increased risk of having a heart attack within six months. The tool has been developed by a research group at Uppsala University ...
Feb 12, 2024
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The rate of cancer deaths in the U.S. has steadily declined for several decades. But there's a caveat: We've recently seen a small but worrisome increase in the rate of certain cancers—particularly colon cancers—among ...
Feb 7, 2024
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New findings led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) show more than one-third of cancer patients had a major adverse financial event—bankruptcy, lien, or eviction—before ...
Feb 6, 2024
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Gastrointestinal cancers (GCs) are among the most common forms of cancer and account for as much as one-third of all cancer deaths worldwide. Early diagnosis is an effective way of reducing the mortality associated with GCs, ...
Feb 5, 2024
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The End-of-Life Essentials team at Flinders University—part of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences—created The Patient's Perspective video to emphasize that patient input is needed to improve health care, patient ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Physicians at the University of Chicago Medicine are increasing their use of liquid biopsies, an emerging technology that detects signs of cancerous tumors with a simple blood test rather than an invasive needle procedure.
Jan 25, 2024
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A multi-institutional study co-authored by University of Texas at Arlington scientists uncovered a mechanism by which cancer cells prevent the immune system from activating and attacking the cancerous invaders.
Jan 25, 2024
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cancer is a leading cause of death in the United States. Unfortunately for American men, prostate cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers.
Jan 24, 2024
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Early detection of disease is considered positive—but what if it finds "too much?" While early diagnosis can improve the chances of recovery, early detection can also have a downside. After all, not everything that is found ...
Jan 17, 2024
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Parents who have a child with cancer are more likely to attempt suicide during the first years after diagnosis, according to a new study conducted by Qianwei Liu of Southern Medical University, China, and colleagues, published ...
Jan 16, 2024
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