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Cancer Mortality Continued to Decline Through 2022
THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – Cancer mortality is continuing to decline, but the incidence of certain cancer types is increasing, especially among women, according to the Cancer Statistics, 2025 report...
So, Who Benefits From New Cancer Drugs?
THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – Cutting-edge targeted therapies are pushing back the line between life and death for cancer patients. However, these targeted cancer drugs frequently aren’t benefitting m...
AI-Supported Double Mammogram Reading Improves Detection Rate
TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – Artificial intelligence (AI)-supported double-reading mammography is associated with a higher breast cancer detection rate, without affecting the recall rate, compared with...
Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Monitoring System Beneficial
TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – Implementation of an electronic patient-recorded outcome (ePRO) monitoring system improves patient-physician communication in cardiovascular care, according to a study...
Global Study Reveals High Rates of Sexual Violence Against Children
TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – Lifetime sexual harassment has a pooled rate of 11.4 percent among children, while contact sexual violence has a rate of 8.7 percent, according to a review published online...
Beginning to Smoke Before Age 15 Increases Risk for COPD
TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2024 – Beginning cigarette smoking before 15 years of age is significantly associated with later chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risk, according to a study recently...
Global Commission Presents Nuanced Approach for Defining Clinical Obesity
TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – A global commission endorsed by 75 medical organizations around the world and published online Jan. 14 in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, presents a nuanced approach to...
The New Definition of Obesity
The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded. Using body-mass index (BMI) to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable, and can...
Live Far From a Clinic? Telehealth Abortion Services Are on the Rise
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – Women who live far from an abortion clinic depend on telehealth and mail to obtain access to medication abortion, a new study says. Each 100-mile increase in distance from...
FDA Proposes Simple Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that simplified food nutrition labels be placed on the front of food packages to help consumers grasp the nutritional...
Shifts in Trends Noted for Trachea, Bronchus, Lung Cancer Mortality
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – Tobacco-associated trachea, bronchus, and lung (TBL) cancer mortality is declining, while ambient particulate matter (PM)-associated TBL cancer mortality is increasing,...
Automated Analysis of 2D Camera Recordings Improves Detection of Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – Automated analysis of two-dimensional (2D) camera recordings can improve performance for detecting isolated rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (iRBD),...
Nearly 100 Million Americans Exposed to Unregulated Contaminants in Drinking Water
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – More than 97 million U.S. residents are served by U.S. public water systems (PWSs) with detectable levels of contaminants, and disparities related to race, ethnicity, and...
Diabetes Drug Metformin Protects Against Skin Cancer, New Research Says
TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – A popular diabetes drug can provide protection against skin cancers, a new study says. Metformin significantly reduces people’s risk of developing basal cell cancers or s...
Rurality Partly Explains Racial Difference in Distance to Lung Cancer Screening
MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2025 – Differences in distance to lung cancer screening (LCS) facilities by race and ethnicity are partly explained by rurality, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in the...