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Integrated Psychological, Yoga Intervention Aids Depression, Anxiety With Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2024 -- An integrated psychological and yoga intervention may reduce depressive symptoms and state anxiety among women with cancer, according to a proof-of-concept study published ...
Yoga Helps Women Deal With the Mental Stress of Cancer
MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2024 – A cancer diagnosis can bring overwhelming stress and depression to women, but new research suggests yoga can help ease that emotional toll. “A wellness intervention that i...
Half of Young Cancer Patients Report Fertility Preservation Discussion With Provider
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 – Many young patients with early-onset cancer report having a fertility preservation (FP) discussion with their health care professional prior to treatment, according to a...
Barriers to Widespread Access to Cancer Medications Include Excessive Cost
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 – Barriers to widespread access to cancer treatments include excessive cost and lack of affordability, according to a review published online Nov. 18 in Cancer. Arafat H....
Science Reveals Why Cancer Immunotherapies Can Sometimes Harm the Heart
FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 2024 – Researchers think they’ve figured out why cancer treatments that harness a person’s immune system to fight a tumor can cause heart damage in rare instances. Further, what the...
Cancer Disparities Evident Across Human Development Index, Projected to Widen
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 – Cancer disparities are evident across the Human Development Index (HDI) and are projected to increase by 2050, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in JAMA Network...
A Visit to the ER Can Often Precede a Cancer Diagnosis
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 – Canadian researchers have found that about 1 in every 3 people newly diagnosed with cancer experienced at least one emergency department visit sometime during the three...
Fish Oil Supplements Might Help Prevent Cancer
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 – The omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in fish oil supplements might help protect people from cancer, a new study claims. Study participants with higher levels of omega-3s had...
More Than One-Third Have ED Visit Within 90 Days Before Cancer Diagnosis
MONDAY, Nov. 4, 2024 – More than one-third of patients have emergency department use within 90 days before a confirmed cancer diagnosis, according to a study published online Nov. 4 in CMAJ, the...
Uninsurance Plays Major Role in Racial Disparities Seen in Cancer Diagnosis
FRIDAY, Nov. 1, 2024 – Lack of health insurance coverage accounts for a considerable proportion of racial and ethnic disparities in advanced-stage diagnoses of cancer, according to a study published...
Lack of Insurance Could Mean Later Cancer Diagnoses for Black, Hispanic Americans
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30, 2024 – A lack of health insurance coverage raises the risk that cancers among Black and Hispanic Americans will be caught too late, a new study suggests. Being uninsured accounts...
American College of Surgeons, Oct. 19-22
The annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons was held this year from Oct. 19 to 22 in San Francisco and attracted participants from around the world, including surgeons, medical experts, a...
Restaging MRI Can Predict Survival With Rectal Cancer
TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 – Restaging magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can predict organ preservation and survival with rectal cancer, according to a study published online Sept. 3 in Radiology. Hannah ...
ACS: Many Cancer Patients Face Lasting Financial Difficulties
MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 – Many patients with cancer diagnoses experience lasting financial difficulties, according to two studies presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons,...
Hospice Care Saves Medicare Lots of Money, Study Finds
MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 – Hospice care is a compassionate and heartfelt enterprise, involving a medical team dedicated to maintaining a person’s comfort and dignity as they face the final curtain. N...
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