LIZ O'RIORDAN: I felt a lump under my skin and knew my breast cancer was back for a third time - but it CAN be cured
DR LIZ O'RIORDAN: I noticed it in the mirror four weeks ago while drying my hair after a shower. A little red mark on my chest, just to the left of my scar. I could have sworn it wasn't there the day before.
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Expert shares three little-known factors that could increase breast cancer risk
There's currently no cure for cancer, but understanding the risk factors could help with prevention or spotting the cancer and getting early treatment.
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Africa: No, Castor Oil Cannot Break Up Cancerous Breast Tumours - Controversial Naturopath Wrong Again
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: Castor oil is an ingredient used in chemotherapy to make cancer drugs soluble. But experts agree there is no evidence suggesting castor oil has anti-cancer properties or could be used as a cure.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 5, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news

There ’s Now An Oral Treatment for Postpartum Depression
Treating depression is complex and time-consuming, since matching patients to the right drug treatment is a matter of trial and error that can take weeks or even months. And post partum depression, which affects up to 20% of new mothers in the first six weeks after giving birth, is no different. On August 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved zuranolone, or Zurzuvae, for treating postpartum depression. The drug, developed by Massachusetts-based biotechs Sage Therapeutics and Biogen, is a pill that women take once a day for 14 days and is the first oral treatment for the major depressive condition. [tim...
Source: TIME: Health - August 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Air Pollution and Non-Lung Cancers; Breast Cancer Legal Aid; GI Symptoms After CRC
(MedPage Today) -- Exposure to outdoor air pollution may increase the risk of several non-lung cancers. (Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Environmental Epidemiology) A physician talks about the shock of learning that she missed the...
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - August 4, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Type of fat in breast milk might hold cure to preventing and treating cerebral palsy, study says
A study from Duke University medical experts suggested that a fatty molecule found in breast milk could prevent and reverse the motor disorder cerebral palsy in premature infants
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cancer Diagnoses, Care Access Rise After Medicaid Expansion Cancer Diagnoses, Care Access Rise After Medicaid Expansion
Diagnoses of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers increased dramatically following Medicaid expansion in Ohio; the same did not occur in Georgia, which did not expand Medicaid.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

MRI radiomics features predicts breast cancer tumor expressions
Multiparametric MRI and radiomics can help predict distinct human epiderma...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: MRI biomarker data helps predict breast cancer treatment response PET/MRI shows promise for breast cancer imaging PET/MRI cuts breast cancer scan times in half Could MRI biomarkers help with breast cancer treatment? Can machine learning reduce breast MRI contrast dose?
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 3, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Social media influencer mom, 31, dies from meningitis after catching FUNGAL infection during breast implant surgery in Mexico
Crystal Villegas, 31, spent the last four months fighting for her life in a Texas hospital after contracting fungal meningitis, a rare infection that causes swelling around the brain.
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

I sought help for a serious infection after a breast cancer op. The male doctor patted my shoulder and told me: 'Go for a nice picnic' - Enraged by her own ordeal, LEAH HARDY investigates the enduring misogyny in medicine
In September 2021, London-based Leah Hardy was diagnosed with a highly aggressive form of breast cancer that had already spread to the lymph nodes under her arm.
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Suzanne Somers Says Her Breast Cancer Has Returned
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2, 2023 -- Actress Suzanne Somers, who first battled breast cancer in her 50s, announced on Instagram this week that the disease recently returned. Somers, now 76, has been fighting cancer for decades. But she says she follows a...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

AI-Supported Breast Screens May Reduce Radiologist Workload AI-Supported Breast Screens May Reduce Radiologist Workload
In an interim safety analysis, AI-supported breast cancer screening was accurate and reduced radiologist workload by nearly half.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Racial Disparities Seen for Cost of Unplanned Care After Breast Reconstruction
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2, 2023 -- While race is not a significant predictor of unplanned hospital visits after breast reconstruction surgery, racial minorities bear a higher cost burden than White breast reconstruction patients, according to a study...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Breastfeeding Tied to Big Reduction in Infant Deaths
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2, 2023 -- Experts have long recommended breastfeeding for its many benefits for infants, but a new study puts a hard number on breast milk’s lifesaving effects. Breastfeeding is associated with a 33% reduction in infant...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

AI can detect breast cancer as well as radiologists, study finds
A study in the Lancet Oncology journal found that AI-supported breast cancer screenings saved radiologists time that could be used for more complex diagnoses.
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Annabelle Timsit Source Type: news

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