In terms of men's health issues, prostate cancer features high on the agenda. It's the second most diagnosed cancer in men globally—closely followed by lung cancer. And it's the most common cancer in men in the UK.
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Only 4% of cancer survivors are fully adherent to current American Cancer Society (ACS) nutrition and physical activity guidelines, according to a study published online April 18 in JAMA Oncology.
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A large international team of medical researchers has found that people with two types of body shape are more likely to develop colorectal cancer than people with other body types. In their study, published in the journal ...
In patients undergoing colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer, deeper sedation using the anesthetic drug propofol may improve detection of "serrated" polyps—a type of precancerous lesion that can be difficult to detect, ...
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Breast cancer is now the world's most common cancer; at the end of 2020, 7.8 million women were alive after having been diagnosed in the previous five years. In the same year, 685,000 women died from the disease. Despite ...
Apr 15, 2024
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A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has unearthed new findings that may help explain the connection between cancer risk and poor diet, as well as common diseases like diabetes, which arise from ...
Apr 12, 2024
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Although lung cancer is traditionally thought of as a "smoker's disease," a surprising 15–20% of newly diagnosed lung cancers occur in people who have never smoked, many of whom are in their 40s or 50s.
Apr 11, 2024
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The concept of One Health—which emphasizes the relationship between human, animal, plant and environmental health—has been gaining ground in scientific discussions in recent years. Brazilian and North American researchers ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Childhood verbal abuse by adults costs society an estimated $300 billion (£239 billion) a year globally, show findings presented at the first international conference on childhood verbal abuse, hosted by UCL, Words Matter ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Accelerated aging was more common in recent birth cohorts and was associated with increased incidence of early-onset solid tumors, according to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual ...
Apr 8, 2024
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