Cancer

Winter is the best time to test homes for radon, a natural gas that causes lung cancer

Even 1 alcoholic drink a day elevates your cancer risk – a neuroscientist explains the surgeon general's report

Safe Alcohol Amount

The FDA wants to limit nicotine in cigarettes — a move that could save millions of lives

FDA nicotine limit

Cancer deaths continue to drop in the U.S., but cases are rising in women

Cancer deaths 2025

Red dye found in many types of candy, medicine banned by the FDA

Health Insurance

Pa.'s Medicaid program now covers biomarker tests that lead to personalized cancer treatments

biomarker tests medicaid

U.S. surgeon general wants cancer warning added to alcoholic beverages

Self-testing option for cervical cancer screening endorsed by U.S. health panel

HPV Self Testing

Cancer-causing chemicals used in dry cleaning and some home products banned by EPA

EPA ban PCE TCE

Colon cancer screenings have played a far bigger role in reducing deaths than treatment advances

Colon Cancer Screenings

Formaldehyde causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant. Little is being done to curb the risk

Formaldehyde Air Pollution

With mustaches, Movember campaign helps young men see value in preventive health care

Many men say they're concerned about their health – but they don't act like it

Men's Health Prevention

Philadelphia jury awards $78 million to man who said his cancer was caused by Roundup weed killer

Roundup Lawsuit Philadelphia

'The Office' star Jenna Fischer reveals triple-positive breast cancer diagnosis; here's what that is and how it's treated

Breast cancer deaths have been dropping for decades, but racial disparities persist

Breast Cancer Disparities

Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen's wife and bandmate, says she has a rare blood cancer. What's multiple myeloma?

Eating a plant-based diet may help men with prostate cancer, research shows

Plant-Based Diet Cancer

Cellphones do not cause brain cancer, WHO researchers conclude

Cellphones Brain Cancer

FOX29 meteorologist Sue Serio to miss time from station after second breast cancer diagnosis

Sue Serio Cancer

'Boy Meets World' star Danielle Fishel encourages getting mammograms after her early diagnosis of breast cancer

There are no benefits to drinking small amounts of alcohol and it increases risk of cancer, study says

alcohol risk older adults

Penn Medicine to open new proton therapy center in University City

penn Presbyterian proton

First blood test for colorectal cancer offers a less invasive screening option than colonoscopies

colorectal cancer blood test

The best way to ensure longevity is by paying attention to your lifestyle

Healthy Lifestyle Longevity

Double mastectomies do not improve breast cancer survival likelihood for most women, study finds

Breast cancer survival

Mike Jerrick says recent absence from 'Good Day Philadelphia' was to recover from prostate cancer surgery

Jerrick Prostate Cancer

To save their young children's vision – and lives – a Tennessee couple quit their jobs and headed to Philly

Kneller family retinoblastoma

Smoking cessation programs should combine behavioral interventions with medications, new guidelines say

WHO smoking

Taking multivitamins does not decrease risk of death, new research shows

Multivitamin Death Risk

Kevin Jonas had a basal cell carcinoma removed; here's how the skin cancer is treated, and how to spot it

Honeybees can detect lung cancer by smelling a person's breath, research shows

Honeybees Lung Cancer

Your favorite drink can cause breast cancer – but most women in the U.S. aren't aware of alcohol's health risks

Alcohol Breast Cancer

People who live near Limerick power plant can get free potassium iodide tablets on June 12

thyroid limerick power plant

Tattoos tied to increased risk of lymphatic cancer, study finds

Tattoos Lymphoma Risk

HPV vaccine reduces risk of head and neck cancers in men, study shows

HPV Vaccine Men

Advances in melanoma treatment saved this Lansdale man's life and changed his outlook

Skin Cancer Schuster

Decaf coffee often contains chemical that may cause cancer, advocacy groups say

decaf chemicals cancer

Lung cancer is the deadliest of all cancers, and screening could save many lives − if more people could access it

Lung Cancer Screening

What's keeping the U.S. from allowing better sunscreens?

Sunscreen UVA Rays

Massive study to examine why Black women are more likely to die of most cancers

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Food Buffets Study

The more foods a dinner spread includes, the more likely people are to overeat

Adderall Abuse Effects

Abusing small amounts of Adderall causes adverse heart effects, study says

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