(Pamela Kaufman/ Everyday Health) — As with all diseases, prevention is the best medicine when it comes to colorectal cancer.
Colon cancer and rectal cancer, typically grouped together as colorectal cancer because they are both diseases of the large intestine, affect approximately 1 in 20 Americans.
Colorectal …
(Science Direct) — Globally, cancer is the second leading cause of death. Loneliness has been suggested as a risk factor for cancer mortality. However, connections between loneliness, social isolation, and cancer are poorly understood.
In our longitudinal study (mean follow-up: 20.44 years) of 2570 middle-aged men, …
(Brian Krans/ Healthline) — Your body runs off what you feed it. The best way to get the most energy from your food is to make sure you’re giving yourself the best food possible.
Besides what you eat, when you eat can also impact your energy. Did you ever notice how you feel sluggish after a big lunch or dinner? That’s because your …
(Victoria Forster/ Forbes) — An innovative gel treatment has shown early promise for treating the most common type of skin cancer. The new results from a clinical trial were published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research and investigated the topical gel which contained the drug remetinostat.
Basal cell carcinoma …
(Nicholas Backalar/ The New York Times) — People with heart failure may be at increased risk for cancer.
Cancer patients are usually monitored for heart failure because some cancer drugs can damage the heart. Now a new study suggests that heart failure patients, who may live for many years with the condition, might benefit …
(Hannah Sparks/ NY Post) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging women, especially those of low-income and minority backgrounds, to get screened for cancer as a new study has revealed that breast and cervical cancer screenings plunged by more than 80% among these underprivileged groups.
The results …
(Maria Loreto/ LA Weekly) — Being overweight has long been correlated with conditions like heart disease and diabetes. But a new study has found surprising links between males who are overweight and having higher odds of developing prostate cancer.
A Canadian study published in Cancer Causes & …
(Marie Moucarry/ McGill Faculty of Medicine) — As COVID-19 restrictions are loosening up and summer is finally here, Canadians are eager to spend more time outdoors, get their barbeques out and make the most of the sunshine.
A new study from McGill University’s Goodman Cancer Research Centre (GCRC) is a reminder why caution …
(Carla K. Johnson/ Global News) — Doctors are reporting improved survival in men with advanced prostate cancer from an experimental drug that delivers radiation directly to tumor cells.
Few such drugs are approved now, but the approach may become a new way to treat patients with other hard-to-reach or inoperable cancers. …
(Michael Irving/ New Atlas) — Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed an electronic nose (or e-nose) that may be able to sniff out signs of cancer from blood plasma samples. In tests, the device was able to detect a range of cancer types with over 90 percent accuracy.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) …