Princess of Wales and King Charles: One in Two People Develop Cancer During their Lives – The Diseases and Treatments Explained

Princess of Wales and King Charles: One in Two People Develop Cancer During their Lives – The Diseases and Treatments Explained

By Gavin Metcalf | The Conversation The Princess of Wales released a moving video message on March 22 to address speculation about her health. In it, the future queen disclosed that she’d been diagnosed with cancer following tests conducted after she underwent major abdominal surgery at a clinic in London in January. Catherine explained that she was undergoing “preventative […]

PAHO Partners with St Jude Children’s Research Hospital to Improve Access to Medicines for Childhood Cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean

PAHO Partners with St Jude Children’s Research Hospital to Improve Access to Medicines for Childhood Cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean

By PAHO | February 15, 2024 Washington D.C. 15 February 2024 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has announced a new partnership agreement with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to help strengthen equitable access to cancer medications for children in Latin America and the Caribbean. The four-year agreement will focus on the provision of […]

Pantene, Herbal Essences Products Recalled Over Cancer Risk

Pantene, Herbal Essences Products Recalled Over Cancer Risk

By Lisa Fickenscher, NY Post Procter & Gamble has recalled some 30 aerosol spray hair care products — including products from big-name brands Herbal Essences and Pantene — due to a cancer-causing chemical. The affected items, which include an assortment of dry shampoos and dry conditioners, could contain benzene, the company said Friday. The recall […]

A Crisis of Undiagnosed Cancers is Emerging in the Pandemic’s Second Year

A factory worker didn’t want to call in sick or catch COVID-19, so she tried to ignore the pain. Now she has stage 4 cancer.

A Crisis of Undiagnosed Cancers is Emerging in the Pandemic’s Second Year

By Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica Teresa Ruvalcaba lay on a bed in the emergency room of Chicago’s Mount Sinai Hospital, her right breast swollen to nearly twice the size of her left, the skin so thick and dimpled that the doctor examining her would note that it resembled an orange peel. Ojalá que sólo sea una infección, […]

How children with lethal cancers and other incurable illnesses have benefited from the Affordable Care Act – and why they’ll suffer if the Supreme Court overturns it

How children with lethal cancers and other incurable illnesses have benefited from the Affordable Care Act – and why they’ll suffer if the Supreme Court overturns it

By Lisa C. Lindley, The Conversation The Affordable Care Act once again is headed for a date with the Supreme Court, with health insurance coverage for tens of millions of Americans possibly on the line in a case that will be heard Nov. 10, 2020. But a much smaller group of people with exceptional needs […]

When A Pastor Faces Cancer

When A Pastor Faces Cancer

By Our Journey Of Hope As a leader, King David was a man after God’s own heart. But that does not mean he did not fight giants. Over the years we see him face some pretty big storms. He battled many dangerous enemies. He fought for his life and he fought for the very survival […]

Ultrasound breakthrough ‘can spot cancer earlier’

By Kenneth Macdonald - BBC Scotland Science Correspondent

Ultrasound breakthrough ‘can spot cancer earlier’

By Kenneth Macdonald – BBC A new ultrasound technique is being hailed as the biggest breakthrough in the technology for more than 60 years. Developed at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, it produces images that are 10 times better than current scans. Researchers believe its ability to precisely pinpoint tumours could one day replace biopsies in […]