Cancer death disparities linked to poverty, lifestyle factors nationwide
Yale researchers have identified factors that may contribute to widening cancer death disparities among counties across the United States. These factors, which include both socioeconomic and behavioral traits, may provide public health experts with specific targets for potentially reducing cancer...
Last update: 2018-10-12
Why Are Black And Latino Kids More Likely To Die Of Certain Cancers?
When it comes to cancer survival, the United States is sharply divided by race. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the cancer death rate for African-Americans is 25 percent higher than whites, and Hispanics and Latinos are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer at...
Last update: 2018-08-25
Cancers linked to excess weight make up 40% of all US diagnoses, study finds
"CDC researchers said the risk of 13 cancers is increased by being overweight or obese, including cancer of the thyroid, gallbladder, liver, kidney, colon and pancreas. Being overweight also increases the risk of a blood cancer called myeloma, a spinal cancer called meningioma, a type of esophageal...
Last update: 2018-01-10
Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol
Just in time for the holidays, the American Society of Clinical Oncology made an announcement calling attention to the ties between alcohol consumption and cancer. The announcement is a first for the organization who points out the rising number of evidence suggesting a strong link between alcohol...
Last update: 2017-12-05
7 Million American Men Carry Cancer-Causing HPV Virus
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
The incidence of mouth and throat cancers caused by the human papilloma virus in men has now surpassed the incidence of HPV-related cervical cancers in women, researchers report.
The study, in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that 11 million men and 3.2 million women in...
Last update: 2017-10-18
The most neglected threat to public health in China is toxic soil
Soil contamination occurs in most countries with a lot of farmland, heavy industry and mining. In Ukraine, for example, which has all three, about 8% of the land is contaminated. A chemical dump in upstate New York called Love Canal resulted in the poisoning of many residents and the creation of...
Last update: 2017-06-14
Rosario: Once a migrant worker, he’s revolutionizing brain surgery, cancer fight
Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, pictured here during a TED presentation Thursday in Rochester, MN, is chair of Neurologic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic complex in Jacksonville, Fl. His journey from undocumented migrant worker to Harvard graduate and brain surgeon is being made into a movie. (Courtesy...
Last update: 2017-06-07