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☆ What I didn’t know about my prostate almost killed me
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Opinion Ed Manning | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Editor’s Note: Ed Manning is a media executive and prostate cancer survivor. In the blink of a news cycle, prostate cancer was again casually swept aside as among the best cancer to have. As a prostate cancer survivor, I can report from painful experience that those misguided assessments are to men’s health and longevity what ice was to the Titanic. As the American Cancer Society notes:• Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. A biopsy confirmed somewhat aggressive prostate cancer, a diagnosis which stunned and terrified me.

Persons: Ed Manning, Lloyd Austin, Dr, Martin Luther King Jr’s, Dexter, Simpson, ”, “, it’s Organizations: CNN, Houston, American Cancer Society, PSA, National Cancer Institute Locations: peeing

☆ Why increasingly popular Zyn nicotine pouches concern health experts
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Are nicotine pouches better than vaping? Zyn, among other brands of nicotine pouches such as Rogue, On! However, FDA officials have allowed the nontobacco nicotine product to stay on the market while the application is under review. Nicotine pouches have varying degrees of nicotine strength; 3 or 6 milligrams per pouch is most common, but some brands have pouches that contain upward of 28 milligrams. What’s more, the Zyn nicotine pouches come in a variety of flavors, including cool mint, wintergreen, coffee and cinnamon, that could be appealing to younger people.

Persons: Philip Morris, Chuck Schumer, ”, Kecia Christensen, “, ’ ”, Christensen, Philip Morris International’s, ” Philip Morris, Meghan Moran, ” Moran, Brian King, Yanfang Ren, ” Ren, Moran Organizations: CNN, Philip Morris International, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration, American Cancer Society, Nebraska Medicine, FDA, National Cancer Institute, CDC, Centers for Disease Control, ” Philip Morris International, Swedish, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Tobacco Survey, FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health, Philip Locations: United States, ”, Baltimore, New York, Mayo

☆ Breast cancer: Photos show diverse experiences of the disease
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“What we learned doing this project is that a lot of people are not represented in breast cancer media. Although the incidence rate of breast cancer is 4% lower among Black women than White women, Black women are 41% more likely to die from the disease, according to the American Cancer Society. Breast cancer is less common among Asian women than in other ethnic or racial groups, but the disease is the most commonly diagnosed cancer. Eshaana Sheth was 27 when she was diagnosed with hormone receptor positive breast cancer in 2019. Breast cancer is hormone receptor positive when cancer cells have receptors — which the National Cancer Institute describes as binding proteins within the cell — that attach to progesterone or estrogen.

Persons: Vanessa Gonzalez, Gonzalez, ” Gonzalez, “ Marks, ”, Stephanie Francis, Julia Comita, “, ’ ” Julia Comita “, ” Comita, Michelle Kang, Lyssette Horne, ” Julia Comita, ” Young, Eshaana Sheth, United States —, Julia Comita Sheth’s, Sheth, multihyphenate, “ I’m, Mariah Crenshaw, Mariah, Crenshaw, ” Crenshaw, –, ” “, Laura Skarzout, ‘, ” Skarzout, Comita, I’d Organizations: CNN, American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute Locations: Los Angeles, “, United States, White, India, LA, New York City, older, Louisville , Kentucky, Amsterdam, Black, Florida, Kentucky

☆ This risk assessment tool helped Olivia Munn discover her breast cancer
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The “X-Men: Apocalypse” star, 43, wrote in an Instagram post Wednesday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and would not have discovered it if her physician, Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, had not calculated her breast cancer risk score. A breast cancer risk assessment tool uses a statistical model to estimate a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer over the next five years as well as over her lifetime, or up to about age 90, according to the National Cancer Institute. Two models are commonly used as breast cancer risk assessment tools: the Gail Model and the Tyrer-Cuzick Risk Assessment Calculator. An online version of the breast cancer risk assessment tool, using the Gail Model, is available for anyone to take at bcrisktool.cancer.gov. In fact, some women who do not develop breast cancer have higher risk estimates than some women who do develop breast cancer,” according to the National Cancer Institute’s website.

Persons: Olivia Munn’s, Thaïs Aliabadi, Aliabadi, Munn, Gail, Jennifer Plichta, “, ” Plichta, they’re, ”, Plichta, I’ve, they’ve, Otis Brawley, ” Brawley, Larry Norton, Evelyn H, ” Norton, Robert Smith, Ruth Oratz, NYU Langone Health’s, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, ” Oratz Organizations: CNN, National Cancer Institute, National Cancer, Duke Cancer Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Lauder Breast Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, American Cancer Society, US Preventive Services Task Force, NYU, Cancer Center, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, CNN Health Locations: United States, Durham , North Carolina

☆ Gary Sinise’s son, Mac Sinise, dies aged 33
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Mac Sinise, the son of “Forrest Gump” actor Gary Sinise, has died at the age of 33 following a long illness with a rare form of cancer, his family has announced. He died on January 5 and was laid to rest on January 23, according to a tribute published by the Gary Sinise Foundation, which offers support to wounded veterans of the military. “Like any family experiencing such a loss, we are heartbroken and have been managing as best we can,” wrote Sinise. Gary Sinise Foundation“This began a long battle that disabled him more and more as time went on,” wrote Sinise, eventually leaving Mac unable to play the drums. In addition to perhaps his most famous role as Lt. Dan in “Forrest Gump,” Gary Sinise has appeared in movies “Apollo 13,” “The Green Mile” and “Of Mice and Men,” as well as television series “CSI: NY.”

Persons: Mac Sinise, “ Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise, ”, ” Mac, Mac, McCanna Anthony Sinise, Dan Band, “, …, ” Sinise, Dan, ” Gary Sinise Organizations: CNN, Gary, Gary Sinise Foundation, Chordoma, National Cancer Institute Locations: United States

☆ Mammography AI can cost patients extra. Is it worth it?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Michelle Andrews | Kff Health News | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In recent years, AI software that helps radiologists detect problems or diagnose cancer using mammography has been moving into clinical use. This extra review has enormous potential to improve the detection of suspicious breast masses and lead to earlier diagnoses of breast cancer. With RadNet’s AI tool, “it’s as if all patients get the benefit of our very top performer.”But is the tech analysis worth the extra cost to patients? The health system has developed AI models and is testing the technology with mammograms but doesn’t yet offer it to patients, she said. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, “computer-assisted detection” software promised to improve breast cancer detection.

Persons: “, ”, Etta Pisano, RadNet, Gregory Sorensen, Sorensen, generalists, ” Sorensen, Laura Heacock, NYU Langone Health’s, Heacock, it’s, Constance Lehman, ” Lehman, RadNet’s, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Christoph Lee, mammography, Robert Smith, ” Smith, Smith, we’re Organizations: Health, American College of Radiology, NYU, Cancer, “, National Cancer Institute, FDA, Medicare, Services, CMS, Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Imaging Research, Mass, Get CNN, CNN Health, Screening, Research, University of Washington School of Medicine, American Cancer Society, Kaiser Health, KFF Locations: Manhattan, Baltimore, RadNet, New York, New Jersey, mammograms, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Europe, Sweden, U.S

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles have had unusually high rates of cancer after a preliminary review determined that a deeper examination is needed. In response, medical teams went out to each nuclear missile base to conduct thousands of tests of the air, water, soil and surface areas inside and around each of its three nuclear missile bases; Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. For years the missileers were told in multiple Air Force reviews that there was not cause for concern. While the Air Force review is looking at a broader set of cancers, the number of self-reported NHL cases is striking because the community of missile launch officers is very small.

Persons: We’ve, Keith Beam, missileers, ”, Tory Woodard, ” Woodard, “, Barry Little, We’re Organizations: WASHINGTON, Air Force, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Minot Air Force Base, Warren Air Force Base, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S . Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, DOD, Veterans Affairs, The Air Force, Torchlight, NHL, National Cancer Institute, Torchlight Initiative, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, 341st Missile Locations: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, Iraq, Afghanistan

Among other lifestyle changes, "I stopped using chemical straighteners," she says. Breast cancer risk was similar for Black and white women, but straightener use was far more common among Black women. Notably, research also has shown that rates of aggressive subtypes of the disease surged in the recent past among U.S. women, with Black women particularly affected. Yet aside from cancer, hair care may pose an additional concern for people planning to get pregnant. More than half of Black study participants reported using their first relaxer before they were 10 years old.

Persons: Mirtha Aguilar, Fort, flaking, Aguilar, she’s, –, who’d, Jordan Geller, it’s, Geller, ”, Elena A, Dr, Monte Swarup, ” Swarup, Johanna Lukate, Lukate, Christofides Organizations: National Institutes of Health, University of North, Hill, National Cancer Institute, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, American, Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Max Planck Institute, Institute Locations: Fort Myers , Florida, University of North Carolina, straighteners, Los Angeles, Florida, Columbus , Ohio, Arizona, Germany, U.S

Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in death rates, according to a new report published Thursday. Death rates were about the same for Black, Hispanic and white children in 2001, and all went lower during the next decade. Nearly incurable 50 years ago, childhood cancer now is survivable for most patients, especially those with leukemia. The National Cancer Institute is working to gather data from every childhood cancer patient with the goal of linking each child to state-of-the-art care.

Persons: ”, Sharon Castellino, Emory University’s, Castellino, Paula Aristizabal, ” Aristizabal, Emily Tonorezos Organizations: Black, Emory, Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control, University of California, Rady Children’s, Equity, National Cancer Institute, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Atlanta, U.S, San Diego, Rady

☆ Unpublished study finds elevated cancer rates at US military base
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( M.B. Pell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] A sign at the entrance to U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in eastern North Carolina, U.S., sits in this undated handout photo. U.S. Marine Corps/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsNov 10 (Reuters) - Cancer and mortality studies conducted by a U.S. health agency have found elevated cancer rates in military and civilian personnel who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune, a major American military base, an epidemiologist familiar with the research says. Research for the Camp Lejeune cancer and mortality study began in 2015. Bove used data from every U.S. cancer registry to document elevated rates of some cancers among Camp Lejeune military personnel and civilians who fell ill with cancer from 1996 through 2017. In response, Congress ordered the ATSDR to study cancer and mortality rates among people who served, lived and worked there.

Persons: Lejeune, Camp Lejeune, Kenneth Cantor, Cantor, Jonathan Cardi, Cardi, Michael Partain, Partain, Aaron Bernstein, Bernstein, ”, Frank Bove, “ I’ve, ” Bove, Bove, Camp, M.B . Pell, Janet Roberts Organizations: U.S . Marine Corps Base, . Marine Corps, REUTERS Acquire, Agency, Toxic Substances, National Cancer Institute epidemiologist, U.S, ., Wake Forest University School of Law, Centers for Disease, Research, Camp Lejeune, Camp Pendleton, California Marine, Reuters, Community, M.B, Thomson Locations: U.S, North Carolina, Camp, Jacksonville, N.C, Camp Lejeune, ATSDR, Lejeune’s, California

☆ Senate Confirms Biden’s Pick for N.I.H. Director Over Sanders’s Objections
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Sheryl Gay Stolberg | More About Sheryl Gay Stolberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli, a cancer surgeon who currently leads the National Cancer Institute, as the next director of the National Institutes of Health, overriding the objections of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the chairman of the Senate health committee. The vote was 62 to 36, with Mr. Sanders voting no. on a permanent basis, after Dr. Bernadine P. Healy, who served under President George H.W. She will take over an agency that has been the target of political attacks by Republicans, who have accused its scientists of intentionally downplaying the possibility that Covid-19 was the result of a laboratory leak. “I think no one wants to know what the true origin of the last Covid pandemic was more than the biomedical research community,” Dr. Bertagnolli told Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, the top Republican on the health committee, during her confirmation hearing last month.

Persons: Monica M, Bernie Sanders of, Sanders, Bertagnolli, “, Dr, Bernadine, Healy, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, ”, Bill Cassidy of Organizations: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Republican Locations: Bernie Sanders of Vermont, George H.W ., Bill Cassidy of Louisiana

Up to 350 guests had returned RSVPs and claimed seats for the fourth White House state dinner of President Joe Biden's term, this one honoring Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The B-52s, an American new wave band, had originally been lined up to entertain guests after dinner. He then invited Albanese to Washington for an official state visit. Dinner will be held in a temporary pavilion on the White House lawn decorated in pastel shades meant to evoke the feel of Australian spring, the current season Down Under, and American autumn. The first lady continued her practice of inviting an outside chef to work with White House staff on the menu.

Persons: RSVPs, Joe Biden's, Anthony Albanese, Jill Biden, Biden, ” Biden, Albanese, Katie Button, Jodie Haydon, Albanese's Organizations: WASHINGTON, White House, Australian, Ukraine, National Institutes of Health Clinical, National Cancer Institute Locations: U.S, American, Israel, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Washington, France, South Korea, India, Asheville , North Carolina, Bethesda , Maryland

Political Cartoons View All 1211 Images“Until we get more Black women into clinical trials, we can’t change the science. Black women are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women and tend to be diagnosed younger. As recruiting continues, enrolling Black women and other women of color will “absolutely” continue as a priority, Pisano said. At the U.S. study sites, 21% of study participants are Black women — that's higher than a typical cancer treatment study, in which 9% of participants are Black, McCaskill-Stevens said. Her sister recently completed treatment for triple negative breast cancer, an aggressive type that affects Black women at higher rates than white women.

Persons: —, Carole Stovall, ” Stovall, ”, Ricki Fairley, Worta McCaskill, Stevens, McCaskill, there’s, Etta Pisano, Pisano, Cherie Kuzmiak, Stovall, Lucile Adams, Campbell, “, ” Pisano Organizations: Washington , D.C, National Cancer Institute, NCI, University of North, UNC, D.C, Georgetown University, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Washington ,, Canada, South Korea, Peru, Argentina, Italy, U.S, Thailand, University of North Carolina, North Carolina, Washington

☆ What to know about Merkel cell carcinoma, Jimmy Buffett’s rare cancer
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who died September 1, had Merkel cell carcinoma, a skin cancer that’s diagnosed in fewer than 3,000 people in the US every year. Merkel cell carcinoma happens when something makes them grow out of control. Merkel cell carcinoma typically shows up on a person’s face or neck or in other areas that are often exposed to the sun, like the arm. A Merkel cell carcinoma may be mistaken for a cyst, but cysts can be painful while these spots often are not. The American Cancer Society says cancer is detected in the lymph nodes of 1 in 3 people who have Merkel cell carcinoma.

Persons: CNN — Singer, Jimmy Buffett, Merkel, Friedrich Merkel, don’t, Merkel, Buffett, it’s, carcinoma, There’s, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, you’ll Organizations: CNN, US Center for Disease Control, American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, American Academy of Dermatology, CDC, CNN Health, American Academy of Pediatrics, US Dermatological Association, Environmental Locations: United States

☆ Cancer diagnosis rates are going up in younger adults, study finds, driven largely by rises in women and people in their 30s
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The study found that overall, early-onset cancers increased over that decade, by an average of 0.28% each year. There were 34,233 early-onset cancer cases in women in 2010 and 35,721 in 2019, an increase of 4.35%, the study says. The rate of cancer diagnosis increased in adults in their 30s over the decade but remained stable in other under-50 age groups, the study found. Cancers with the highest numbers of early-onset cases diagnosed in 2019 were breast (12,649 cases), thyroid (5,869) and colorectal cancers (4,097). Previous research has shown a rise in cancers of the digestive system, particularly colorectal cancers, among adults younger than 55 since the 1990s.

Persons: Otis Brawley, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, ”, “, “ There’s, Brawley, John Bonifield Organizations: CNN, National Cancer Institute, JAMA, Bloomberg, Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, CNN Health Locations: Alaska Natives, Black, United States

☆ Judge Strikes Down F.D.A. Rule Regulating Premium Cigars
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Christina Jewett | More About Christina Jewett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

“All cigars, including premium cigars, can cause death and disease, and no tobacco product should be without regulation of any kind,” he said. began a process to regulate cigars. The agency did ask for public comment over whether premium cigars could be regulated less rigorously. opted to require premium cigar makers to conduct extensive studies of their products, list ingredients and register them annually. The agency concluded that regulating all cigars equally “more completely protects the public health.”Groups supporting the cigar industry, in turn, sued.

Persons: Thomas Carr, Mr, Carr, Michael Edney, Hunton Andrews Kurth, ”, “, ’ ” Organizations: Public, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Cancer Society, Tobacco Control, Rights, America, Congress

☆ A secret bomb and ruined film: Why the US government only told Kodak it was going to test nuclear bombs
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Nuclear fallout from the Trinity Test damaged a batch of the Eastman Kodak Company's X-ray film. In the coming months, 1,111 miles to the northeast, physicists in the Eastman Kodak Company headquarters began following that trail. By testing the particles that settled in one of its manufacturing facilities, Kodak determined that they came from a nuclear bomb. They agreed to give Kodak advance notice of any nuclear testing in exchange for them dropping legal action. It took decades for the rest of the country and the world to find out about the dangers of nuclear fallout.

Persons: they'd, Kodak's, Julian Webb, Webb, Geiger, Sen, Tom Harkin Organizations: Trinity, Eastman Kodak Company's, Kodak, Service, New Mexico Army, Eastman Kodak Company, Atomic Scientists, Atomic Energy Commission, Lions, CDC, Trinity Test Kodak, Manhattan, Trinity Test, Manhattan Project, Corbis, AEC, National Cancer Institute, Iowa Locations: Wall, Silicon, New Mexico, Nevada, Vincennes , Indiana, Alamogordo , New Mexico, Indiana, Rochester , New York, The Rochester , New York, United States, Utah, Idaho

☆ Drug shortages’ effects on cancer research may be felt for years to come
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But these shortages aren’t just bad for current patients, experts say; their effects on cancer research may be felt for years to come. The National Cancer Institute, the federal government’s main agency for cancer research and training, told CNN that at least 174 of its own trials may be affected by the shortages. Cisplatin and other platinum-based drugs are prescribed for 10% to 20% of all cancer patients, according to the National Cancer Institute. Crucial work on hold“With drug shortages, trials have become almost like an impossible task. “These drug shortages come and go, and there’s no real rhyme or reason, and there seems to be no rhyme or reason in terms of which institutions have shortages.

Persons: Joe Biden, it’s, ’ ”, Shadia Jalal, Indiana University Melvin, Jalal, She’s, they’ve, ” Jalal, “, ”, haven’t, “ We’ve, Mark Fleury, Fleury, you’re, ” Fleury, Dmitry Walker, Merck, We’ve, ” Walker, there’s, Biden, Lawrence Feldman, ” Feldman, Feldman, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, ‘ Organizations: CNN, National Cancer Institute, American Society of Health, Cancer, Indiana University, Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Hematology, Oncology, IU School of Medicine, Hoosier Cancer Research Network, Veterans Administration, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Cancer Society, WVU Medicine, US Food, Pharmacists, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, University of Illinois Medical Center, CNN Health Locations: United States, China, Chicago

☆ A massive new genetic database of canine tumors reveals that dog and human cancers are more similar than previously thought and may speed up cancer treatment for both
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A new study shows human and dog cancers share a high degree of genetic overlap. The study comes from a company that uses genetic information and AI to find biologic cancer treatments. A massive new database of genetic information from dog tumors aims to use what we know about dog cancer to better treat it in humans. She wants to use AI to analyze the database's genetic information to match a dog's tumor to the type of treatment that's most effective. Using FidoCure, they selected dogs with a type of cancer that genetically mirrored human breast cancer.

Persons: Christina Lopes, Lopes, Gene, Eribulin, Eisai, Gerald Post Organizations: Service, National Cancer Institute, University of Georgia, FDA, Reuters, Eisai, NIH, FidoCure Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Biden to appoint Mandy Cohen to lead the CDC
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Dr. Mandy Cohen speaks at a news conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov. 10, 2021. "Dr. Cohen is one of the nation's top physicians and health leaders with experience leading large and complex organizations, and a proven track-record protecting Americans' health and safety," Biden said in a statement Friday. President Joe Biden on Friday said he will appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She led the CDC through the Covid vaccine rollout, as well as the delta and omicron waves of Covid. Walensky cited the end of the Covid emergency in her resignation letter to Biden.

Persons: Mandy Cohen, Dr, Cohen, Biden, Joe Biden, Rochelle Walensky, Walensky, Ashish Jha, Monica Bertagnolli, Sen, Bernie Sanders Organizations: Emergency, Center, Congress, North, North Carolina's Department of Health, Human Services, Medicare, Services, for Disease Control, CDC, White, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Washington Post Locations: Raleigh , North Carolina, North Carolina's, U.S

☆ Bernie Sanders vows to oppose NIH nominee until Biden delivers plan to lower drug prices
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Sen. Bernie Sanders vowed to oppose President Joe Biden's pick to lead the National Institutes of Health – and any other health nominee – until the administration delivers a plan to lower prescription drug prices. Sanders, who chairs the Senate Health Committee, controls when his panel reviews nominees for the Department of Health and Human Services. A provision of the act penalizes drugmakers for charging prices that rise faster than inflation for people on Medicare. Lawmakers, researchers and advocates have repeatedly warned that drug prices in the U.S. outpace those in other nations and ultimately harm Americans who need to access lifesaving treatments. A provision of the act penalizes drugmakers for charging prices that rise faster than inflation for people on Medicare.

Persons: Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Sen, Joe Biden's, –, Sanders, Biden, Monica Bertagnolli Organizations: Capitol Hill, National Institutes of Health, Washington Post, Health, Department of Health, Human Services, National Cancer Institute, White House, Post, Medicare, Lawmakers, Democratic, NIH Locations: Washington, Vermont, U.S

☆ U.S. seeks new suppliers of highly used cancer drug methotrexate in short supply
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it is seeking new suppliers to ease shortages of methotrexate, one of the most commonly used cancer drugs, building on its push to shore up two other scarce chemotherapy medicines. An FDA spokesperson told Reuters the agency is looking for temporary importation options for the drug, which has been in shortage since March. Methotrexate is an injected drug used to treat a wide variety of cancers ranging from acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children, breast cancer, lung cancer, bone cancers and certain types of head and neck cancers, according to the National Cancer Institute. Last week, the FDA said it was looking for additional temporary suppliers for two other cancer chemotherapies, cisplatin and carboplatin. According to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, suppliers with methotrexate injections in shortage or on back order include Accord Healthcare, Fresenius Kabi, Pfizer , Teva and Hikma Pharmaceuticals .

Persons: Methotrexate, cisplatin, China's, Senators Gary Peters, Debbie Stabenow, Fresenius Kabi Organizations: . Food, Drug Administration, FDA, Reuters, National Cancer Institute, Pharmaceutical, U.S, Senators, Intas Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, American Society of Health, System Pharmacists, Accord Healthcare, Pfizer, Teva, Hikma Pharmaceuticals Locations: United States, India, U.S

☆ Simpler hysterectomy may improve quality of life for some women with cervical cancer, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Thanks to more effective screening, more women have been presenting with cervical cancer at a younger age and an earlier stage of the disease. “Simple hysterectomy can now be considered as a new standard of care for patients with low-risk early-stage cervical cancer,” Plante said. “This is a really big deal for women with cervical cancer,” said Moore, who wasn’t involved with the study. If the findings lead to a change in practice for surgeons, it could “change the trajectory of cervical cancer globally,” she said. Cervical cancer is not common in the US or Canada, Moore said, but it is endemic in low- and middle-income countries.

Persons: Dr, Marie Plante, Plante, ” Plante, ”, Kathleen Moore, Virginia Kerley Cade, Moore, Sanjay Gupta, ” Moore, Stephanie V, Blank, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, American Society of Clinical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Universite Laval, Studies, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Cancer Society, Virginia, Developmental Therapeutics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, World Health Organization, Get CNN, CNN Health, Mount Sinai Health Locations: Chicago, Quebec, Canada

☆ FDA considers temporary cancer drug imports from unapproved companies to ease U.S. shortage
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

She is one of hundreds of Ontario cancer patients who received diluted chemotherapy in the last year and who are still undergoing treatment to beat the disease. The FDA in the past has taken similar action to loosen restrictions on imports when faced with drug shortages. At least 14 cancer drugs are currently in short supply across the U.S. Up to 20% of cancer patients rely on platinum-based chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin and carboplatin for treatment, according to the National Cancer Institute. Some cancer patients could die if the shortages are not quickly resolved, doctors said.

Persons: Dawn Deslippe, Diane Marley, Richard Lautens, Drug Administration –, Julie Gralow, We're, Gralow, —, Abdul Rafeh Naqash, Naqash, Philip Schwieterman, Schwieterman Organizations: Windsor Regional Hospital, Toronto Star, Getty, Drug Administration, CNBC, FDA, U.S, The American Society of Clinical Oncology, World Health, Pharmaceuticals, National Cancer Institute, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma, University of Kentucky, kiwis Locations: WINDSOR, Ontario, United States, U.S, carboplatin

☆ How to Get Absolutely No Sun This Summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Madeleine Aggeler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

They worshiped the sun as a god and built temples for it. They danced for it and wrote poems about it. They devoted unfathomable amounts of time, money and effort into studying it, and even built probes that could fly out into space and get a closer look. And yet, the sun is tricky. We need sunlight for vitamin D, and to help regulate our sleep cycles, but it inspires people to go stand up paddle boarding, and then to tell you again and again about how you really have to try stand up paddle boarding.

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