ASCO: Phone-Based Coaching Helps Breast Cancer Patients Lose Weight
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A telephone-based weight-loss coaching intervention can help overweight or obese patients with breast cancer lose weight, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical…
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FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A telephone-based weight-loss coaching intervention can help overweight or obese patients with breast cancer lose weight, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical…
Learn MoreWhat to Do When Tough-to-Treat Lymphoma Strikes During Pregnancy
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Not a lot is known about how physicians should handle cases in which a pregnant woman is diagnosed with relapsed/refractory lymphoma.A new study may provide some perspective.Though uncommon, this issue is still…
Learn MoreASCO: Adding Pembrolizumab to Chemo Improves Survival in Cervical Cancer
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For women with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer, adding pembrolizumab to chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab, is associated with improved overall and progression-free survival, accor…
Learn MoreSustained Smoking Cessation Tied to Improved Mental Health
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Smoking cessation sustained for at least 15 weeks is associated with improved mental health outcomes, according to a study published online May 31 in JAMA Network Open.Angela Difeng Wu, from the University of…
Learn MoreCanada to Become First Country to Mandate Warning Labels on Individual Cigarettes
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Smokers in Canada will soon see health warnings on each and every cigarette they light up. The country will be the first in the world to print these warnings directly on individual cigarettes.”This bold step …
Learn MoreASCO: Minimally Invasive Noninferior to Open Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with resectable pancreatic cancer, minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy (MIDP) is noninferior to open distal pancreatectomy (ODP), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the …
Learn MoreCanada to Become 1st Country to Mandate Warning Labels on Individual Cigarettes
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Smokers in Canada will soon see health warnings on each and every cigarette they light up..The country will be the first in the world to print these warnings directly on individual cigarettes.“This bold step w…
Learn MoreCancer Survivors Who Keep Smoking Have Double the Risk for Heart-Related Death
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Quitting smoking after a cancer diagnosis can deliver a big payoff for another major health concern: the risk of heart attack or stroke.Cancer patients who kept smoking had a nearly doubled risk of either of …
Learn MoreLas prohibiciones locales de los productos de tabaco con sabores reducen el uso en California
LUNES, 29 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Prohibir los productos de tabaco con sabores conduce a que menos personas los usen, según un nuevo estudio de California, que encontró un uso más bajo en las áreas que tenían una prohibición total. Los res…
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