The cancer mortality rate is continuing to decrease in America, but women — especially younger women — are seeing an uptick in diagnoses, according to data released by the American Cancer Society (ACS). The ACS report, published Thursday, includes statistics based on mortality data through 2022 and cancer incidence data through 2021, which are the […]
The study, of 50 countries between 2007 and 2017, found 27 had seen a rise in cases among younger people. Many were richer nations but some were developing countries, the investigators, from the American Cancer Society, say. “The increase in early-onset colorectal cancer is a global phenomenon,” one of the authors, Dr Hyuna Sung, said. […]
Nearly 1 in 4 younger Americans are not planning to have children primarily due to finances, according to a survey from MassMutual. The survey, which was released Tuesday, found that 23 percent of surveyed millennials and Generation Z Americans are not planning to become parents because of financial reasons. Of those who said they are […]
Experts are warning that more and more people younger than 40 years are being diagnosed with colon cancer, saying they could be missing the early signs. A study released Friday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open said the most common warning sign for the cancer is passing blood in the stool. Abdominal pain, changes […]
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Restricted abortion access is associated with heightened suicide risk among younger women, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia conducted an analysis using state-level data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention on adult women from 1974 to 2016. Study crafters incorporated laws restricting reproductive […]
Americans die younger in states with more conservative policies, while states with more liberal policies are associated with lower mortality rates, according to a new study published Wednesday in the scientific journal PLOS One. Researchers analyzed mortality rates for all causes of death in all 50 states from 1999 to 2019 among adults aged 25 […]
[MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER: How does a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine work? COVID vaccines are now available. Some of the COVID-19 vaccines are mRNA vaccines, but what does this mean? mRNA vaccines are different from traditional vaccines. mRNA vaccines don’t expose you to any real virus instead, they’re made with messenger Ribonucleic Acid or mRNA. This is […]
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For certain leukemia patients, some welcome findings: New research confirms long remissions after treatment with the drug ibrutinib and chemotherapy. The study involved 85 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). All were 65 or younger, and 46 had more aggressive, unmutated IGHV subtype of […]