Women’s health, from screening to maternal care.
Age, race and tumor subtype together unlock hidden high-risk breast cancer patterns among Asian and Hispanic populations. A national study analyzing U.S. breast cancer data spanning nearly 50 years has uncovered a major ...
Today, someone in their 30s and 40s has a higher risk of developing cancer than their grandparents did when they were that age. Since 1990, the rate of new cancer diagnoses increases each year for adults younger than ...
We are just starting the decade of the 2020s and already are seeing a level of turmoil rivaling the dramatic social, economic and political changes seen in the roaring’20s a century ago. With mass media at the ready, ...
Women ages 35 years and younger were 44% more likely to have an ischemic stroke than their male counterparts, according to a new review of more than a dozen international studies on sex differences in stroke occurrence, ...
The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with higher blood pressure levels among middle-aged adults across the U.S., according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation. ...
Strokes kill more than 130,000 Americans annually; do you know your facts? Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States, according to the American Stroke Association. But ...
HOUSTON – By far, Harris County sees the greatest amount of newly diagnosed breast cancer cases in women in the state. Every year, an average of 2,295 new cases are diagnosed, according to the National Cancer Institute ...
Statistics show that some 15 million Americans don’t work the typical nine-to-five. These employees (or shift workers), who punch in for graveyard or rotating shifts, are more prone to numerous health hazards, from ...
While all of the reasons behind the increase in colorectal disease among young people are unknown, incidence rates are expected to decline by one-third among patients over 50. In the next 15 years, more than one in 10 ...
For women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy, yoga offers unique benefits beyond fighting fatigue, according to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The preliminary findings were ...
