Excess body weight—including overweight and obesity—is a significant risk factor for cancer. Research from the American Cancer Society estimates that it contributes to approximately 5 percent of ...

Based on an index by health and medical technology firm Hologic Inc and polling company Gallup, only 36% of women worldwide have been tested for high blood pressure and 19% have tested for diabetes; ...

A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study provides important insights for future clinical trials in treating ...

Experiencing pain may increase the odds that cancer survivors will use cigarettes and cannabis, according to a recent study published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American ...

Regeneron UK Limited today announced that the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted Libtayo® (cemiplimab) for use on the National Health Service as a second-line monotherapy treatment for ...

Margaret Carpenter, based in New Paltz, New York, has been indicted for prescribing abortion pills to a person in Louisiana — ...

New research suggests that cancer survivors experiencing pain are more likely to use cannabis and cigarettes but less likely to consume alcohol.

Researchers have found that fewer sessions of higher dose vaginal cuff brachytherapy work just as well as more frequent, lower-dose treatments for endometrial cancer patients.

Greater pain intensity in cancer survivors correlates with increased cigarette, e-cigarette, and cannabis use, but decreased alcohol consumption. Greater pain intensity in cancer survivors has been ...

A mother of two with many dreams, she discovered a lump in her breast. A subsequent diagnosis confirmed her worst fear: ...

Dr. Nidhi Sharma Chauhan explained the treatment procedures to be followed to address cervical cancer during pregnancy.

Cervical cancer, caused by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), is not hereditary, and HPV infection doesn't always lead to cancer.