Sexual Dysfunction Common Among Young Women With Cancer
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 60 percent of young women diagnosed with cancer have sexual dysfunction, with more problems reported by women with cancer than among women from the general population, according to a study published…
Learn MoreNovel Inherited Variants May Raise Risk for Hodgkin Lymphoma
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Novel coding and noncoding gene variants have been identified that may increase the risk for developing Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), according to a study published online Aug. 20 in Blood.Jamie E. Flerlage, M.D., f…
Learn MoreFDA Approves New ALS Drug Despite Uncertain Data
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday gave its approval to a new drug for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.But approval of the drug, called Relyvrio, is bound…
Learn MoreCancer Deaths Due to COVID-19 Explored in March to December 2020
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From March to December 2020, more than 16,500 deaths occurred in cancer patients with complications of COVID-19, according to a research letter published online Sept. 29 in JAMA Oncology.Xuesong Han, Ph.D.,…
Learn MoreKatie Couric anuncia que recibió un diagnóstico de cáncer de mama
MIÉRCOLES, 28 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La ex presentadora de noticias y del programa TODAY, Katie Couric, tiene cáncer de mama.Couric compartió esta información el miércoles en Instagram, al mismo tiempo que publicó un ensayo sobre la…
Learn MoreUn nuevo medicamento para el Alzheimer se muestra promisorio en un ensayo clínico en fase 3
MIÉRCOLES, 28 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay) — Eisai, una compañía farmacéutica japonesa, anunció el miércoles que su medicamento experimental lecanemab ayudó a ralentizar el deterioro del pensamiento en personas en las primeras etapas de la enfer…
Learn MoreHealthy Living Boosts Life Span, Even for Former Smokers
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Eating well and exercising can make for a longer life, and that holds true for former smokers, too, a new study shows.Researchers found that of nearly 160,000 former smokers, those who exercised, ate health…
Learn More1 in 5 Young Women Has No Plans to Get a Mammogram
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Terlisa Sheppard knows the value of tracking changes in her body.The Orlando Health patient was eight and a half months pregnant and just 31 years old when she felt a lump under her arm. She left work to g…
Learn MoreSmoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Smoking isn’t only costly in terms of health risks, it also cost the U.S. economy $891 billion in 2020.That was almost 10 times the cigarette industry’s $92 billion revenue, according to the authors of a ne…
Learn MoreHealthy Lifestyle Can Further Lower Risk for Death in Former Smokers
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Former smokers may additionally lower their risk for premature death by adhering to healthy lifestyle recommendations, according to a study published online Sept. 22 in JAMA Network Open.Maki Inoue-Choi, P…
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