Weight-Loss Surgery Could Lower Women’s Cancer Risk
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that obesity is tied to increased cancer risk, but can weight loss after bariatric surgery help lower a person’s odds for the disease? The surgeries have now been around long enough for…
Learn MoreWeight-Loss Surgery Could Lower Women’s Cancer Risk
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that obesity is tied to increased cancer risk, but can weight loss after bariatric surgery help lower a person’s odds for the disease? The surgeries have now been around long enough for…
Learn MoreProstate MRI Has Independent Screening Value
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a value for screening independent of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), according to a study published online Aug. 21 in BMJ Oncology.Caroline M. Moore, M.D., fro…
Learn MoreNivolumab + Ipilimumab Tops Ipilimumab Alone in Metastatic Melanoma
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with metastatic melanoma who receive frontline anti-programmed death protein 1 (PD-1) or therapy against programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 and whose tumors progressed with cytotoxic T-lymphocyte…
Learn MoreImmune Checkpoint Inhibitors Can Be Active in Penile Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are active in some patients with penile cancer (PeCa), according to a study published online Aug. 11 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.Talal El Zarif, M.D.,…
Learn MoreALS Robbed Her of Speech, But Technology Is Changing That
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many people with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), first start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs.That’s not Pat Bennett. She can move just fine. She can st…
Learn MoreAnother Source of Lead Exposure for Kids: Secondhand Smoke
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — One source of lead exposure in children may surprise you.It’s secondhand smoke, according to a Texas A&M University study.“Further research will likely paint a clearer picture of this exposure route, especi…
Learn MoreCancer Screening Has Provided Significant Value to U.S. Population
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cancer screening has provided significant value to the U.S. population, and improved adherence would add more value, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in BMC Health Services Research.Tomas J. Phili…
Learn MoreLorazepam Has Negative Impact on Survival in Pancreatic Cancer
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Lorazepam stimulates fibrosis and inflammatory signaling and is associated with reduced survival in patients with pancreatic cancer, according to a study published online Aug. 17 in Clinical Cancer Research.A…
Learn More¿Fumar cambia el cerebro de los adolescentes?
VIERNES, 18 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — El deseo de los adolescentes de comenzar a fumar, y luego de seguir fumando, podría estar vinculado con diferencias en la materia gris de sus cerebros, revela un nuevo estudio. Los investigadores encon…
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