November 20, 2015 Doctors could be penalized for ordering prostate tests Medicare officials are considering a measure that would penalize doctors who order routine prostate-cancer screening tests for their patients, as part of a federal effort to define and reward quality in health-care services.
November 18, 2015 Glowing terms often used for new cancer drugs in health news Health news stories often use overly optimistic terms to describe new cancer drugs, according to a new study.
November 17, 2015 Less prostate cancer and screening seen after new guidance Far fewer U.S. men are being diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer and getting blood tests to detect the disease since an influential government-appointed panel recommended against routine screening of all men, an American Cancer Society study found.
November 9, 2015 Patients' needs addressed in 'person-centered health care' Every time JoAnna James took her husband, Lawrence, to the doctor, she left the hospital without understanding what was wrong with him.
November 6, 2015 Superbugs mean more infections and deaths after surgery, chemotherapy The declining effectiveness of antibiotics may make tens of thousands more U.S. patients vulnerable to potentially fatal infections after surgery or chemotherapy, researchers estimate.
October 28, 2015 Cancer charity rejects funds raised by Redditors ‘in honor’ of Jennifer Lawrence’s leaked photos A cancer charity whose top fundraisers included a group of Reddit users donating “in honor” of Jennifer Lawrence’s hacked personal photos has announced they will return all of the money, The Washington Post reported.
October 28, 2015 Cancer remains leading cause of death among US Hispanics Cancer remains the leading cause of death among Hispanics in the U.S., driven in large part by lung malignancies in men and breast tumors in women, a new report finds.
October 28, 2015 Artificial sweetener may help treat aggressive cancers, study finds For years, negative reports have surrounded artificial sweeteners, claiming evidence of everything from being a carcinogen to causing cardiovascular disease.
October 28, 2015 Study identifies 5 different types of prostate cancer Researchers at Cancer Research UK have discovered that there are actually five different types of prostate cancer.
October 28, 2015 Chronic inflammation may increase prostate cancer risk, study finds Chronic inflammation – the body’s natural response to foreign substances in the body – may increase the risk of prostate cancer.
