Cancer

Video Games COVID-19

Video games may have a role in shaping public health, researchers say

Drinking alcohol increases breast cancer risk, but many women don't realize it

Alcohol breast cancer risk

Eating spinach can reduce risk of colon cancer, study finds

Spinach, colon cancer

Ovarian cancer symptoms can be vague so listen to your body, doctors say

Ovarian cancer symptoms

Most blood cancer patients benefit from a third COVID-19 shot, study shows

Blood Cancer COVID-19 Vaccine

IBX Medicare Advantage members can receive free in-home screenings for colon cancer, kidney disease

Independence in-home testing

Scientists inch closer to developing blood test for certain nerve cancers

Blood test cancer

Jefferson Health's new mobile unit will bring cancer screenings on the road

Jefferson Mobile Cancer Screening Unit

'Eat It to Beat It' challenge calls on Americans to fight prostate cancer by trying 30 healthy foods

Prostate Cancer Diet

Vitamin D may help prevent colon cancer among younger adults, study finds

Vitamin D Colon Cancer

Johnson & Johnson recalls Neutrogena, Aveeno sunscreens due to carcinogen traces

Johnson & Johnson sunscreen recall

Even moderate alcohol use can significantly increase cancer risk, latest study suggests

Alcohol consumption and cancer risk

More Pennsylvania state parks offering free sunscreen to help prevent skin cancer this summer

Sunscreen

Drinking coffee reduces risk of liver disease and cancer, study shows

Coffee Liver

Black women do not face greater genetic risk of breast cancer, Penn study finds

Racial disparities breast cancer

Children's Health

Scientists discover a way to stop Ewing sarcoma cells from spreading

Ewing sarcoma

Penn Medicine develops an 'electronic nose' to sniff out cancer

Penn Medicine 'electronic nose'

Colorectal cancer screenings should start for adults at age 45, medical task force says

Colorectal cancer screenings

Rittenhouse Row festival becomes weekend fundraiser for lung cancer

TAG Time Happy Hour in Rittenhouse

Freezing tumors has become a popular treatment for slow-growing cancers

Cryoablation breast cancer

Jefferson Health executive named first female CEO of American Cancer Society

Karen Knudsen

Obesity may increase a breast cancer survivor's risk for other cancers, study says

Weight loss

Racial disparities still persist in genetic testing for BRCA-related breast cancer

Carlette Burton Breast Cancer

HPV infections have dramatically fallen, even among unvaccinated people

HPV vaccinations

COVID-19 was the third-leading cause of death in 2020, early CDC data shows

2020 Mortality Rate

Some hand sanitizer brands exceed FDA's limit on the carcinogen benzene, study finds

Benzene in hand sanitizers

Children's Health

CHOP doctor to lead cancer research funded by Alex's Lemonade Stand

CHOP cancer research

Drug used to prevent miscarriages may increase cancer risk of grown children

OHPC Cancer Risk

Former Phillies pitcher Rhéal Cormier dies at 53

Rheal Cormier Phillies

Breast cancer death rates increasing among women under 40

Breast Cancer Screening

Jalen Hurts donates $30K to Chester County family with child battling cancer

jalen hurts alex's lemonade stand

Drinking lemon water is trendy, but is it as healthy as advocates tout?

Health Benefits Lemon Water

Even when in remission, cancer can put you at higher risk for severe COVID-19

Cancer Remission COVID-19

The biological clock may hold the key to better prostate cancer treatments

Circadian Rhythms Prostate Cancer

Cancer death rates continue to fall, but effect of COVID-19 remains unclear

Cancer Death Rates

A high-fiber diet does a whole lot more than relieve constipation

Fiber health benefits

Health Insurance

Think your health care is covered? Beware of the 'junk' insurance plan

Short-term health insurance

X-rays could raise risk of testicular cancer, Penn researchers find

Penn Medicine TGCT

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