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Health technology may help people with cancer quit smoking
The inclusion of a smoking cessation tool into electronic health records increased self-reported patient quit rates by more than 5 percentage points, according to study...
4 hours ago - Healio - 2 articles
Nanoparticle Technology Outsmarts The Brain Cancer Mechanism
New nanoparticle approach helps outsmart the defense mechanism of brain cancer by triggering the immune system.
11 hours ago - Medindia Health
Discovery of new prostate cancer subtype opens the door to development of therapies
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have identified a previously unrecognized form of hormone therapy-resistant prostate cancer, as...
16 hours ago - News Medical
National cancer care spending has no link to population-level cancer mortality rates
While the U.S. spends twice as much on cancer care as the average high-income country, its cancer mortality rates are only slightly better than average, according to a new...
16 hours ago - News Medical
Departing WFTV anchor Vanessa Echols leaves legacy of helping breast cancer patients
Vanessa Echols leaves Orlando after 30 years at WFTV-Channel 9 with more than fans. She leaves a legacy of helping breast cancer survivors.
19 hours ago - Orlando Sentinel
Chlormethine gel may be more effective than ointment for mycosis fungoides
A post-hoc analysis of a key data set for chlormethine in mycosis fungoides showed that the gel formulation of the drug may be safer and more effective than the ointment...
19 hours ago - Healio
Researchers identify factors linked between opioid prescription, skin cancer treatment
Data show that certain characteristics can determine the likelihood of opioid prescriptions following Mohs micrographic surgery, but these prescriptions may not be necessary...
19 hours ago - Healio - 2 articles
Inequities observed in telemedicine use for cancer care during COVID-19 pandemic
As telemedicine use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, Black patients with cancer had lower usage levels than white patients, according to study results presented during a...
20 hours ago - Healio
Soaring Rates of Cancer Mortality in the U.S. - Need for Policy Changes
Despite the U.S. spending twice as much on cancer care as the average high-income country, the cancer mortality rates of the country are only slightly better than average.
21 hours ago - Medindia Health - 2 articles
New and Noteworthy: What I Read This Week-Edition 179
Research of the Week Among patients with invasive breast cancer, metformin does not seem to help . “Long COVID” doesn't appear on any blood tests. Resistance training and...
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Pregnant women are being exposed to more dangerous industrial chemicals...
Research suggests that exposure to harmful chemicals can cause many health problems in people of all ages. And according to a recent study published in the journal...
Researchers identify factors linked between opioid prescription, skin cancer...
Data show that certain characteristics can determine the likelihood of opioid prescriptions following Mohs micrographic surgery, but these prescriptions may not be necessary...
Hispanic children with high-risk neuroblastoma have worse survival outcomes
Hispanic children with high-risk neuroblastoma had worse survival outcomes than other children with the disease despite receiving treatment on clinical trials with standardized...
Soaring Rates of Cancer Mortality in the U.S. - Need for Policy Changes
Despite the U.S. spending twice as much on cancer care as the average high-income country, the cancer mortality rates of the country are only slightly better than average.
After Texas School Shooting, Parents Search for New Answers
Besides asking schools for specifics about safety protocols, some parents are reaching out to lawmakers, and others asking for gun legislation changes.
Sweet Spot Chocolate Shop recalls peanut butter-containing chocolates over...
Sweet Spot Chocolate Shop is recalling certain Sweet Spot Chocolate Shop brand peanut butter-containing chocolates because of possible Salmonella contamination. The recalled...
Covid cases fall across most of UK but one nation sees rise
Total infections have now fallen by 78% since the peak of the recent Omicron BA.2 wave in late March, when a record 4.9 million were estimated to have Covid-19
Mother trying to save children at Uvalde was handcuffed by federal marshals
After it was revealed on Thursday that not only did police delay their response to sending tactical teams into the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex. amid a school shooting...
VIDEO: Consider special mental health needs of female veterans
NEW ORLEANS - Healio/Psychiatry peer perspective board member Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH, discussed the mental health of female veterans, or “invisible veterans,” at the...
CDC panel recommends monkeypox vaccine for lab workers, health responders...
ACIP, the CDC's top advisory panel in regards to vaccines and immunization, has made its first recommendation for monkeypox vaccines.