More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, diagnoses of breast and prostate cancer, two of the nation’s leading causes of cancer death, continue to lag behind pre-pandemic levels, according to a nationally representative Quest Diagnostics Health Trends® study by Quest … Continue reading Breast and Prostate Cancer Diagnoses Still Lagging During Second Full Year of COVID-19
Since 1976, the month of February has been designated as Black History Month in the United States. The month provides an opportunity to celebrate the many contributions African Americans have made to the country’s history while recognizing inequities and struggles that … Continue reading How Lessons From the Past Are Shaping a Better Future for Blacks and Cancer
Melanoma is one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer and has been on the rise for 30 years. Dr. Eddie Fatakhov, M.D. has some words of wisdom to share with us in this guest posting below. While only accounting for … Continue reading Vaccine Targeting Deadly Melanoma Shows Early Promise
The pediatric cancer experts at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are kicking off the 50th anniversary of September’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by celebrating the dramatic and record-breaking increase in survival rates over the past five decades and highlighting the … Continue reading St. Jude marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month’s 50th Year
Grammy and Emmy award winner, and Tony award nominee, the multi-talented musician, singer and actor Harry Connick, Jr. and his wife of 24 years and former model, Jill Connick, recently marked the fifth anniversary of Jill’s recovery from breast cancer. As Jill credits timely … Continue reading Harry Connick, Jr. and Wife and Cancer Survivor Jill Connick Team Up To Fight Colon Cancer
A pending lawsuit in California is suing for coffee to be labeled with a cancer warning. If there is a favorable ruling, coffee houses in California would have to warn their customers about potential cancer risk and coffee companies may … Continue reading Coffee Doesn’t Need to Carry a Cancer Warning
Each year, 14,000 American women die of ovarian cancer, succumbing to a disease that is frequently misdiagnosed or diagnosed too late. Among those lost to the disease over the years were comedian Gilda Radner, actress Madeline Kahn, civil rights icon Coretta Scott King, … Continue reading Simple Steps to Catch Ovarian Cancer Early
To mark World Breastfeeding Week the first week of August, the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) is highlighting one of the least recognized findings from its latest report: mothers who breastfeed have lower risk of breast cancer. The lower risk is modest, but it is one additional motive to breastfeed for moms who are able. Research also shows that babies who are breastfed are less likely to gain excess weight as they grow. Among adults, AICR research shows that overweight and obesity increases the risk of 11 common cancers. “It isn’t always possible for moms to breastfeed but for … Continue reading Breastfeeding Protects Moms from Breast Cancer
Today, nearly 700,000 people in the United States are living with a primary brain tumor, and approximately 78,000 more will be diagnosed in 2016. Brain tumors can be deadly, significantly impact quality of life, and change everything for a patient … Continue reading Brain Tumor Snapshot; The Facts