Cancer

It’s been estimated that close to 40% of us will receive a cancer diagnosis at some point during our lifetimes. For older people, that diagnosis may be more common than you realize. More than 60% of cancers occur in patients over age 65. For an overview of what a cancer…

Oh the joys of diagnostic medical tests! Anyone who’s ever had a colonoscopy surely knows that it’s no walk in the park. From the prep to the test, you understand why there are more pleasant ways to spend your time. Yet, there’s no denying the value of screening tests for…

For many of the most lethal types of cancer, there are few ways to detect the disease early enough for meaningful intervention. But that prognosis may be giving way to a new era. Researchers from Johns Hopkins have just published the results of new work in the journal Science that…

An old philosophic debate: Just because we can do something, should we? For older people that translates into: just because we can test for a condition or disease, is it always necessary to do so? According to a recent piece in Kaiser Health News, the answer may be decidedly no. While…

There’s no doubt that prostate cancer is a serious illness- aside from skin cancer, it’s the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men, and it kills approximately 30,000 men in the US each year. Yet debate rages on about whether men should undergo the PSA test to attempt to detect the…

There’s no getting around it: advancing age puts you at higher risk of cancer. People over 65 account for 60% of all newly diagnosed cases of cancer. If you or a loved one have this disease, it’s always critical to stay up-to-date, as new research studies and services are always on…