NEW DELHI: The South-East Asia Region including India, reported the highest number of cancers of lips and oral cavity, uterine cervix, and childhood cancers among all World Health Organisation regions in 2022, regional director of WHO SEAR Saima Wazed said on Monday.WHO South East Asia Region (SEAR) includes India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of…
Calling DCIS “cancer” can signal to patients that they face a medical emergency requiring immediate surgery and, often, radiation. Yet studies suggest that such harsh treatments may be unnecessary and overused. Preliminary results from a trial of nearly 1,000 women with DCIS showed that, two years into the study, patients who were being actively monitored…
More Americans are surviving cancer, but the disease is striking young and middle-aged adults and women more frequently, the American Cancer Society reported on Thursday. And despite overall improvements in survival, Black and Native Americans are dying of some cancers at rates two to three times higher than those among white Americans. These trends represent…
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday banned the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food, beverages and drugs, more than three decades after the synthetic coloring was first found to cause cancer in male laboratory rats. The dye, a petroleum-based additive, has been used to give candy, soda and other products their vibrant…
Among both men and women, drinking just one alcoholic beverage a day increases the risk of liver cirrhosis, esophageal cancer, oral cancer and various types of injuries, according to a federal analysis of alcohol’s health effects issued on Tuesday. Women face a higher risk of developing liver cancer at this level of drinking, but a…
Catherine, Princess of Wales, said on Tuesday that her cancer was in remission, lifting a major cloud from the British royal family, which had struggled with serious health concerns for both her and King Charles III. “It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focused on recovery,” Catherine, the wife of…
Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh (Agency Photo) Yuvraj Singh is hailed as the one of the finest white-ball players to play the sport, a match-winner who proved it at the biggest stage — playing a key role in India’s T20I and ODI World Cup triumphs under MS Dhoni. But the unfortunate diagnosis of lung cancer…
The U.S. surgeon general’s new push to warn consumers about the link between drinking and cancer comes at a precarious time for restaurant owners trying to pencil out a profit that hinges on alcohol sales. Costs of food and labor have risen, and some inflation-weary Americans continue to cut back on eating out. Sales dipped…
Bianca Perea, a 32-year-old trainee lawyer from Manchester, has been declared cancer-free after becoming the first person in the UK to undergo a liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer. In November 2021, the woman was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer that had spread to her liver. The doctors initially told her the focus would…
Should the United States follow the surgeon general’s call on Friday for cancer warning labels on alcohol, it would join a tiny contingent of nations that advise drinkers of the risk. The World Health Organization concluded in 1988 that alcohol is carcinogenic to humans, and it has for years said that the harms of alcohol…