How your relationship status impacts your cancer risk: study

How your relationship status impacts your cancer risk: study

Your love life could be affecting more than just your heart. A sweeping new study compared people who are or have been married with those who’ve never tied the knot and found one group faces a much higher lifetime risk of cancer. “It’s a clear and powerful signal that some individuals are at a greater … Read more

What is post-mastectomy pain syndrome? The ‘excruciating’ complication most patients don’t know about

What is post-mastectomy pain syndrome? The ‘excruciating’ complication most patients don’t know about

Losing your breasts comes with a lot of baggage. After Angelina Jolie announced her preventative double mastectomy in 2013, women increasingly sought breast cancer screenings, gene testing and mastectomies of their own in what’s been hailed as a major win for breast cancer prevention. But a disturbing trend has since emerged among women who have … Read more

Nepo or Cheapo? Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe blasted for alleged $250 haggling scheme: ‘She’s a cancer’

Nepo or Cheapo? Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe blasted for alleged 0 haggling scheme: ‘She’s a cancer’

Bill Gates’ nepo baby is getting cyber spanked for allegedly “gaslighting” an influencer with a lowball proposition.  Billionairess on a “super limited” budget, Phobe Gates, 23, founder of AI shopping tool, Phia, is the internet’s enemy No. 1 after Kacie Margis, a content creator for hire, claimed she attempted to book her for a job … Read more

There’s a new discovery in eye cancer treatment — thanks to pig sperm

There’s a new discovery in eye cancer treatment — thanks to pig sperm

Cancer treatments are going hog wild. While a rare and aggressive form of eye cancer that often affects babies and young children, retinoblastoma (RB) can be difficult to treat due to the barrier surrounding the eye. However, a new and more effective method, harnessed from an unlikely part of pigs, may offer a safer way to … Read more

New health campaign wants men to masturbate more — to lower their risk of cancer

New health campaign wants men to masturbate more — to lower their risk of cancer

This campaign wants you to lighten your load. FCancer, a nonprofit focused on cancer prevention and early detection, has declared its mission to “beat cancer off, literally” — imploring men to ejaculate more for their health. At least 21 times a month, to be exact. Ejaculating at least 21 times in a month may reduce the … Read more

Routine blood test reveals cancer diagnosis before symptoms

Routine blood test reveals cancer diagnosis before symptoms

A Miami man credits a routine blood test for saving his life. Ian Ferguson, 37, had no symptoms when he got standard blood work as part of a regular physical. When the test showed microscopic blood loss, his physician recommended a colonoscopy. That procedure revealed a diagnosis of early-stage colon cancer, leading to life-saving surgery at … Read more

Heartbreak as husband battles terminal brain tumor while wife has second cancer fight

Heartbreak as husband battles terminal brain tumor while wife has second cancer fight

A California husband and wife with three children are still battling cancer together more than two years later — with the wife facing another bout of cancer for the second time. Zak Salazar, 40, of Mission Viejo has a terminal diagnosis for an aggressive brain cancer. Cori Salazar, 40, said Saturday that she was diagnosed … Read more

Overlooked organ may be the secret to a longer, cancer-free life — how to care for it

Overlooked organ may be the secret to a longer, cancer-free life — how to care for it

An overlooked organ may a master switch to a longer, healthier life. While every organ in the human body has a purpose, some serve theirs for only a short time — or so we previously thought. Now, new research has found that the health of one in particular not only indicates a longer life, but … Read more

Mom diagnosed with incurable brain tumor after believing she had early dementia: ‘The most devastating thing’

Mom diagnosed with incurable brain tumor after believing she had early dementia: ‘The most devastating thing’

A mom has told how she thought she had early-onset dementia — but it turned out to be brain cancer. Tracy Kehoe, 57, found herself forgetting she had already completed tasks or conversations, as well as repeating herself, in the spring of 2025. The concerned mom-of-two, from Salford, Greater Manchester, decided to visit the doctors, … Read more

Student diagnosed with blood cancer after doctors dismissed symptoms as anxiety

Student diagnosed with blood cancer after doctors dismissed symptoms as anxiety

A young woman was diagnosed with blood cancer after her symptoms were dismissed as anxiety and told by a GP, “You look healthy, so you must be fine.” Abby Maxwell was reassured by doctors that nothing was wrong despite losing 84 pounds in under a year and suffering from regular bouts of nausea and vomiting. … Read more

Smoking is cool again! Here’s what you need to know

Smoking is cool again! Here’s what you need to know

On FX’s wildly popular series “Love Story,” Carolyn Bessette Kennedy looks incredibly chic in her ’90s minimalist outfits, taking casual drags from her cigarettes. Fast forward to a fictional world of 2026 and it’s Rachel Sennott’s Maia on HBO’s “I Love LA” lighting up, cool as a cucumber. Off set, stars like Bella Hadid, Addison … Read more

Doctors dismissed my cancer symptoms as stress and gas — so I built an AI that can catch it sooner and personalize treatment

Doctors dismissed my cancer symptoms as stress and gas — so I built an AI that can catch it sooner and personalize treatment

Someday soon, doctors who don’t run their patients’ records through an AI model will be considered negligent. At least, that’s what Steve Brown thinks.  He’s the founder of CureWise, an app designed to guide patients through cancer care with the help of AI. He’s also a cancer patient well on the way to recovery — thanks … Read more

Mom with no symptoms had stage 4 colorectal cancer — and a rare surgery saved her life

Mom with no symptoms had stage 4 colorectal cancer — and a rare surgery saved her life

A Los Angeles mother of three says she’s lucky to be alive after an uncommon procedure left her cancer-free. Amy Piccioli, a busy CPA, was just 39 when she visited the ER last year for what she thought was dehydration due to a stomach bug. Instead, a CT scan revealed a mass in her colon … Read more

24-year-old cancer survivor nearly dies after eating friend’s home-cooked dinner

24-year-old cancer survivor nearly dies after eating friend’s home-cooked dinner

A dangerous dinner party left a young cancer survivor hospitalized with a rare, life-threatening illness. After sharing a meal with friends last month, 24-year-old Trinity Peterson-Mayes found herself unable to swallow, speak or move. “Slowly, over the course of 24 hours, I went from not being able to chug water to not being able to … Read more

Exclusive | I was diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer at 26 — a new therapy wiped it out in 4 months

Exclusive | I was diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer at 26 — a new therapy wiped it out in 4 months

After getting engaged, the only words journalist Mrinali Dhembla expected to hear were “I do.” Instead, she was told, “You have cancer.” “When I first heard the words, ‘You have cancer,’ I was obviously very shaken because when you’re in your 20s, you just think that a little disturbance in your bowels isn’t a big … Read more

Christina Applegate reveals the mistake she made after her double mastectomy for breast cancer: ‘It was bulls—t’

Christina Applegate reveals the mistake she made after her double mastectomy for breast cancer: ‘It was bulls—t’

Christina Applegate’s unflinching honesty about life with multiple sclerosis (MS) has a backstory — and it’s rooted in regret.  Before she faced the autoimmune disease, the Emmy-winning actress battled breast cancer, and one choice she made during that fight would haunt her for years.  “Frankly, I was disgusted by what came out of my mouth,” … Read more

Scientists exposed breast cancer to 4 different diets — one sped up tumor growth

Scientists exposed breast cancer to 4 different diets — one sped up tumor growth

We are what we eat. While both the beneficial and detrimental effects of diet on health are well-documented, from boosting longevity to backfiring and scaring metabolism, certain eating habits can also impact cancer. Now, new research has discovered that one way of eating in particular could accelerate tumor growth in cancer patients. Food can have … Read more

Nearly half of colorectal cancer diagnoses are now in people younger than 65

Nearly half of colorectal cancer diagnoses are now in people younger than 65

The face of colorectal cancer is getting younger by the day. Meanwhile, researchers are potentially years away from understanding why. Just weeks after actor James Van Der Beek died of colorectal cancer at 48, new data published Monday by the American Cancer Society features grim statistics about the rise of colon and rectal cancers, which … Read more

Daily habit doesn’t help prevent colorectal cancer, scientists warn — and it ‘comes with immediate risks’

Daily habit doesn’t help prevent colorectal cancer, scientists warn — and it ‘comes with immediate risks’

It might be time to rethink that little pill in your medicine cabinet. A new study casts doubt on the idea that regularly taking an over-the-counter painkiller can help ward off colorectal cancer — at least for the general population. Worse, researchers warn that the daily habit carries “immediate risks,” including a higher chance of … Read more

Sarah Palin in touching hospital scene with Ron Duguay during Stage 4 cancer battle

Sarah Palin in touching hospital scene with Ron Duguay during Stage 4 cancer battle

Ron Duguay’s girlfriend, former Vice President candidate Sarah Palin, has been helping him while he battles Stage 4 cancer, as seen in a recent video posted by the Rangers legend’s daughter. Duguay’s daughter Shay shared to her Instagram account a video showing Duguay with his family and friends while he goes through treatment, which included … Read more