October is observed as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to remind women—especially those age 40 and above—to speak with their medical providers about baseline breast cancer screening. Early ...

A new study from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, along with Oslo University Hospital in Norway, may have discovered a way to detect biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease in the blood up to ...

Alan Rickman's widow, Rima Horton, spoke out on the 10-year anniversary of his death about his battle with pancreatic cancer. Rickman, who was known for his roles in "Die Hard," the "Harry Potter" ...

Levy is chief medical officer at Visana Health. Konety is president of Allina Health Cancer Institute and chief medical officer at Astrin Biosciences. On Jan. 20, the House of Representatives passed a ...

While you have likely heard of the thyroid, you may not be entirely sure what it actually does, how important it is and the potential red flags that might signal something is wrong. Actor Marisa Abela ...

Many people think of a tremor as the quintessential warning sign of Parkinson’s disease. But other symptoms — many of them not involving changes in movement — can appear much earlier than what’s known ...

Colorectal cancer was the leading cause of cancer death among young people in 2023, according to the American Cancer Society. Even as fewer young people have been dying from cancer in the last three ...

Esophageal cancer is a tumor that forms inside the esophagus. This tube starts in the back of the throat, goes through the neck and connects with the stomach in the abdomen. The wall of the esophagus ...

Out of sight, out of mind. A new study suggests a common eye condition could be quietly masking one of the only early warning signs of bladder cancer — the 10th leading cause of cancer deaths in the ...

Is it possible to know you have cervical cancer before it’s even cancer? You may be surprised to hear the answer is a resounding yes! But rather than looking for cervical cancer symptoms, the best ...

I’M MINDY BASARA IN TODAY’S MEDICAL ALERT. RADIATION THERAPY IS A COMMON TREATMENT FOR CANCER. ABOUT HALF OF ALL CANCER PATIENTS WILL RECEIVE IT. ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES OF TRADITIONAL RADIATION IS THAT ...

A simple blood test can help detect cancer in patients with non-specific symptoms such as fatigue, pain or weight loss. This is according to a Swedish study from Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd ...