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A Proclamation on National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, 2023
This year, nearly 250,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. During National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we honor the resilient people who have faced this diagnosis, the loved ones who rally to their side, and the medical professionals who do all they can to help patients survive and heal. We recommit to ending cancer as we know it by investing in new, affordable ways to prevent, detect, and treat this deadly disease.
People With Advanced Cancer Are More Likely to Use Palliative Care if Close to Home
A new study from researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) found that adults in the United States with stage IV cancer living in nonmetropolitan, socioeconomically deprived areas, the southern U.S., or being treated at community facilities had lower accessibility to palliative care physicians than their counterparts in other areas. Patients who had higher geographic accessibility to palliative care providers were more likely to receive the care in both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. These findings [were] presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium in Boston, October 27–28, 2023.
FDA Submits Final Rule to Ban Menthol Cigarettes, Flavored Cigars
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reached the final step in a process that would allow it to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, an idea the FDA has explored for more than a decade, according to CNN. Specifically, the FDA recently sent final rules regarding the ban to the...
How SARS-CoV-2 Contributes to Heart Attacks and Strokes
COVID-19 is known to increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. The intense inflammation that occurs throughout the body in severe cases likely contributes to this increased risk. But it’s not clear whether SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, also affects blood vessels directly. To find out, an...
How Do Cancer Patients Use Crowdfunding to Pay for Medical Expenses?
New Studies Examine Role of Crowdfunding Campaigns to Pay Medical Expenses for Patients Treated for Cancer. In two new abstracts by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS), crowdfunding campaigns, like GoFundMe, are being used by survivors of cancer in the United States in growing numbers to help pay for medical and other basic household expenses. The use of these campaigns underscores the fragility of financial safety nets for patients and their families. The findings [were] presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium in Boston, October 27-28, 2023.
Start Shopping: Enrollment Begins November 1 for Most Obamacare Insurance Plans
For millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, the end of the year brings a day of reckoning: It’s time to compare benefits and prices and change to a new plan or enroll for the first time. Open enrollment starts November...
Pregnant and Addicted: Homeless Women See Hope in Street Medicine
Five days after giving birth, Melissa Crespo was already back on the streets, recovering in a damp, litter-strewn water tunnel, when she got the call from the hospital. Her baby, Kyle, who had been born three months prematurely, was in respiratory failure in the neonatal intensive care unit and fighting for his life.
10 Charged for Operating $20M HIV Medicine Fraud
Federal prosecutors in New York indicted 10 people for running a yearslong health care scheme involving HIV medications that defrauded Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance companies of at least $20 million, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York. What’s more, note the prosecutors, the scheme preyed on vulnerable members of the community—such as low-income people living with HIV—and exposed them to unnecessary risks.
Insurance Coverage Disruptions Affect Key Cancer Screenings
A new study by researchers at the (ACS) shows that adults in the United States with prior insurance coverage disruptions are significantly less likely to receive guideline-concordant and past-year cancer screening, compared to people with continuous coverage. The guideline-concordant screening rates were 63.1% versus 80.5% for breast cancer, 47.1% versus...
Don’t Gut Access to Health Care for Immigrants, Urge Advocates in Brief to Court
Corpus Christi, TX – A coalition of the country’s leading public health advocacy organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Texas v. Mayorkas in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas to urge the court to uphold the Biden administration’s 2022 “public charge” policy. Amici include American Cancer Society; American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN); American Lung Association; CancerCare; Epilepsy Foundation; Hemophilia Federation of America; Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; Muscular Dystrophy Association; National Multiple Sclerosis Society; National Patient Advocate Foundation; and Susan G. Komen.
Replacing Meat with Plant, Dairy Protein May Benefit People With Cirrhosis
A recent study suggests that replacing meat in just meal with protein from a plant or dairy source could improve metabolite signatures linked to hepatic encephalopathy in people with cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is an advanced form of liver disease that has many causes. Alcoholism, autoimmune diseases, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and...
Patients Receiving Cancer Treatment Understand Health Insurance Basics, but Important Knowledge Gaps Remain
A new study by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) showed among patients receiving outpatient cancer treatment in two sites (the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona and at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi), most people could understand basic health insurance terms, such as premiums and deductibles. However, the study also showed that relatively high percentages of patients did not understand terms such as provider networks and formularies and had trouble calculating out-of-pocket expenses. The findings [were] presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium in Boston, October 27–28, 2023.
Breast Cancer Riddle: Best Ways to Screen and Treat
Despite decades of scientific progress, breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women in the United States. Experts are divided on many aspects, such as when and how often to do mammograms, how to rethink interventions for precancer lesions, and how to pinpoint risk and reduce the toxicity of treatments. During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, marked each October, we asked Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA, director of the UCSF Breast Care Center and co-leader of the Breast Oncology Program at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, about risk factors, progress in the field and the importance of tailoring treatment for women with low-risk cancer while also identifying women at high risk of invasive cancer.
Healthy Recipe: Quick Pickled Carrots
Pickling is an ancient technique and is used in all cultures as a way to preserve food. It’s so easy to do, and we’re not just talking classic dill pickles here. You can pickle almost anything. For those going through cancer treatment, the anti-microbial properties of vinegar offer an extra boon: a way to safely eat raw, well almost raw vegetables as snacks. Another good thing: the pickling brine can be reused multiple times to make all kinds of different pickles. Time to get your inner pickle on and try these Quick Pickled Carrots at home!
Black and Latino People Have Higher Risk of Death After Surgery
Latino and Black patients are significantly more likely to die after surgery compared with white patients, according to recent findings presented this month at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. An analysis of more than 1.5 million inpatient hospital procedures in the United States found that the...
For People With Sickle Cell Disease, ERs Can Mean Life-Threatening Waits
Heather Avant always dresses up when she goes to the emergency room. “I’ve been conditioned to act and behave in a very specific way,” said Avant. “I try to do my hair. I make sure I shower, have nice clothes. Sometimes I put on my University of Michigan shirt.”
Why Is Finding COVID Shots for Young Children Still So Hard?
On September 12, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the next round of covid shots for everyone 6 months and older. The shots were expected to be available within days in pharmacies and doctor’s offices across the country, the CDC said. But more than a month later,...
New Online Tool Allows Users to Quickly Assess Their Risk of Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Do you know your risk for breast and ovarian cancer? How about steps you can take to reduce your chances of developing cancer or what a family history might mean for your risk of the disease?. Enter AssessYourRisk, a new online, cancer risk assessment and educational tool developed and offered...
Administration Proposes Ban on Toxic Chemical Trichloroethylene
Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Trichloroethylene to Protect Public from Toxic Chemical Known to Cause Serious Health Risks. Today [October 23], the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to ban all uses of trichloroethylene (TCE), an extremely toxic chemical known to cause serious health risks including cancer, neurotoxicity, and reproductive toxicity. TCE is used in cleaning and furniture care products, degreasers, brake cleaners, and tire repair sealants, and a variety of safer alternatives are readily available for many uses.
New Care Model Delivers Hepatitis C Treatment to Most Vulnerable
Breakthrough treatments introduced over the last decade have transformed hepatitis C from a chronic and potentially deadly infectious disease into one that can be cured. But these medications have often been beyond the reach of those who are most vulnerable to the virus that causes it: people who inject drugs and lack stable housing.
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