Scientists Develop Biopsy-Free Means of Spotting Oral Cancers

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• March 5, 2024
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Analysis of a "chemical score" from mouth lesion swab samples might allow patients to skip painful biopsies, getting oral cancers promptly diagnosed in a noninvasive way, scientists report.

Right now, dentists and other specialists must send excised tissues from suspicio...

How Unhealthy Are Cigars?

• Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
• January 5, 2023
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Cigars are linked with victory, new babies and Winston Churchill, not nicotine addiction, but are they any better for your health than cigarettes?

No, say experts who point out the many dangers of cigar smoking.

Over the past few decades, through clever market...

Race Could Affect Outcomes in Head-and-Neck Cancers

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• December 19, 2022
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Black patients with head-and-neck cancers have twice the death rates of white patients, and a new study suggests race itself underlies those differences.

"What is unique about our study is it strongly supports the conclusion that Black patients seem to respond to therapy...

Most Americans Don't Know Alcohol Can Raise Cancer Risk

• Robert Preidt
• January 31, 2022
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Most American adults don't know that alcohol boosts cancer risk, but a majority support steps to increase awareness of the link, a new nationwide survey shows.

""It is important that people are made fully aware of the potential harms of alcohol so that they may make info...

HPV Vaccination Could Rid U.S. of Most Mouth, Throat Cancers in Men

• Robert Preidt
• December 23, 2021
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How do you prevent nearly 1 million cases of mouth and throat cancers in American men in this century? Find a way to reach an 80% HPV vaccination rate among adolescents, a new study suggests.

HPV vaccination protects against the