Modifiable risk factors account for many cancer cases, deaths
Jul 15, 2024
40% of all incident cancer cases, 44% of cancer deaths in those ages 30 years and older are attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors.
Endocrine Society, June 1-4
Jun 20, 2024
The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management of obesity, endocrine disorders, diabetes, and growth hormone and thyroid diseases.
Healthy lifestyle can further lower risk for death in former smokers
Sep 28, 2022
Higher total healthy lifestyle adherence cuts all-cause, cancer, cardiovascular, and respiratory-related mortality.
AI chatbots can generate quality, empathetic, readable responses
May 17, 2024
Chatbots can generate quality responses to cancer patient questions, comparable to physician responses.
Adherence to healthy eating patterns linked to lower mortality risk
Jan 09, 2023
Greater adherence to four healthy eating patterns was linked to a lower risk for total and cause-specific mortality.
More medical lab tests will soon face federal scrutiny, FDA says
Apr 29, 2024
Laboratory tests used by millions of Americans are soon to be classified as medical devices, and as such be regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Monday.
Gender life expectancy gap increased from 2010 to 2021
Nov 13, 2023
The leading contributors to the widening gender life expectancy gap from 2019 to 2021 included COVID-19 and unintentional injuries.
21.2 percent of U.S. adults had diagnosed arthritis from 2019 to 2021
Oct 12, 2023
Age-standardized prevalence rates were higher among women than men, veterans than nonveterans and non-Hispanic whites.
Biden administration announces new cancer research initiative
Jul 27, 2023
The program will fall under the purview of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, formed as part of the Cancer Moonshot initiative.
Federal court orders EPA to reexamine whether Roundup causes cancer
Jun 20, 2022
In its ruling, the court challenged a Trump-era finding that glyphosate was not a serious health risk and “not likely” to cause cancer.