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Teal Health CEO on FDA approval of new at-home cancer test
Kara Egan founded Teal Health during the pandemic, looking to make it easier for women to get preventive cervical cancer ...
FDA approves at-home HPV test to screen for cervical cancer
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first at-home test to screen for cervical cancer, Teal Health, which ...
Ovary Removal Reduces Death, Cancer Risk Among Genetically Prone Breast Cancer Survivors
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, May 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes ...
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More young people are getting cancer. It changes everything
Up to that point, Young had believed that as long as she worked hard enough, she could achieve almost anything she wanted: “I ...
Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”
Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint ...
Worried About Prostate Cancer Screening? New Study Shows Better Judgment In Treatment
“The decrease in the number of surgeries for low-grade prostate cancer shows that active surveillance helps,” said lead ...
Why cancer doesn’t have to be a ‘death sentence’
A renowned oncologist talked to Globe columnist Shirley Leung, a cancer survivor, about the progress made against the disease ...
A 20-cent 'wonder drug' is being studied as a colon-cancer-fighting supplement, and it looks promising
Metformin is a go-to diabetes drug, and researchers are looking at whether it can be used as a cancer-fighting supplement, ...
Cancer before age 50 is increasing. A new study looks at which types
A new U.S. government study provides the most complete picture yet of early-onset cancers, defined as cancer diagnosed before ...