Daily multivitamin does not cut cancer incidence in older adults
Mar 18, 2022
A same randomized two-by-two factorial trial shows that cocoa extract did not significantly reduce total cardiovascular events in older adults.
More physical activity, less sitting may cut breast cancer risk
Sep 07, 2022
Lifelong physical activity or sedentary time, assessed by genotype, may be associated with risk for breast cancer.
Lung cancer treatment may impact daily function in older adults
Oct 07, 2021
Life-space assessments may help older adults better understand how cancer treatment impacts their lives, authors say.
Does cancer protect against Alzheimer’s?
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 09, 2016
New research explores whether what causes cancer in some people may protect them from developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Muscle strengthening may cut risk for noncommunicable disease
Mar 01, 2022
Muscle-strengthening activities were inversely linked to risks for all-cause mortality and major noncommunicable diseases.
Hospice care varies from assisted living, home settings: study
By
Emily Mongan
Jul 27, 2015
Assisted living residents starting hospice care may be closer to death than people receiving the same care at home, new research has found.
Blood metabolomics may detect early lung cancer
Dec 17, 2021
Predictive models were based on s comparison of serum metabolomic patterns for patients at the time of lung cancer diagnosis and matched controls.
New symptoms ID’d that may indicate pancreatic cancer
Nov 18, 2021
The additional symptoms can be used to update QCancer, a risk prediction model that helps physicians identify patients at high risk for cancer.
Bilateral oophorectomy may up risk for developing dementia
Feb 09, 2022
“Risk-reducing oophorectomy should be limited to those women with an inherited high risk for cancer,” the medical director of the North American Menopause Society said.
Higher dairy intake may up risk for prostate cancer
Jun 16, 2022
However, the association does not hold for nondairy calcium intake.