In the medical world, there is an ongoing debate about the extent to which regularly screening for breast cancer actually improves a person’s chances of survival if cancer is detected. New research tries to settle that debate. Screening for breast cancer brings important benefits, new research concludes. Breast cancer is the most common type of… Read More »
November 7, 2018 Posted By Categories Mary Chris Jaklevic is a reporter-editor at HealthNewsReview.org. She tweets as @mcjaklevic. Wake me when it’s over. There was a lot of misleading information in news stories this week about a study of sleep traits and risk of breast cancer. It was a complex study to decipher, but instead… Read More »
WASHINGTON — A top official of the American Cancer Society has resigned in part because of concern over some of the organization’s fund-raising partnerships. The official, Dr. Otis W. Brawley, an executive vice president and chief medical officer, resigned his post late last week after 11 years at the society. His departure was largely attributed… Read More »
Exposure to high levels of radiofrequency radiation (RFR) like that used in 2G and 3G cell phones is associated with heart tumors in male rats, though a similar link was not seen in female rats or mice, according to new reports from the National Toxicology Program (NTP), a federal interagency program within the National Institute… Read More »
Ashley Quigley of Portland, left, takes the blood pressure of Samsam Dahir of Portland. (Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) Do you have an idea of what is in these blood pressure medications? Take away the “I” from an idea and you’ve got a NDEA. That’s the chemical that seems… Read More »