FDA approves another blood test for colon cancer screening
Jul 29, 2024
Currently, colonoscopy is the gold standard test for colon cancer, but adherence to it is low because it is invasive and preparation for the test is daunting.
Study looks at effects of reducing intake of processed meat, unprocessed Red Meat
Jul 29, 2024
A 30% reduction in processed meat intake would lead to 352,900 fewer occurrences of type 2 diabetes and 92,500 fewer occurrences of cardiovascular disease.
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.
Planetary Health Diet Index linked to lower total, cause-specific mortality
Jun 10, 2024
Reductions seen in death from a variety of causes; PHDI scores were also associated with environmental impact
Higher county-level prostate cancer screening tied to better outcomes
Jun 07, 2024
nalysis included 814,987 men (aged 40 to 99 years) with prostate cancer followed up for up to 10 years through cancer registries in eight US states.
AI chatbots can generate quality, empathetic, readable responses
May 17, 2024
Chatbots can generate quality responses to cancer patient questions, comparable to physician responses.
Offering choice of CRC screening increases completion rates
May 21, 2024
The rate of colorectal cancer screening improved within six months for those offered fecal immunochemical testing only or a choice of coloscopy or FIT.
FDA: Food packaging containing PFAS no longer sold in the United States
Feb 28, 2024
“Forever chemicals” are tied to a host of health issues and are slow to degrade in the environment.
Additional benefit seen for colonoscopy versus sigmoidoscopy
Mar 05, 2024
In recent study, fewer colorectal cancer cases and deaths per 100,000 person-years were observed.