California bill seeks to ban red dye No. 3

California bill seeks to ban red dye No. 3

Editor’s Note: Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. CNN  —  Some chemicals linked to health issues have been banned in food products in the European Union, while the United States has allowed use … Read more

Long Island breast cancer survivor JoAnn Pushkin helps change federal mammogram policy

Long Island breast cancer survivor JoAnn Pushkin helps change federal mammogram policy

Breast cancer survivor JoAnn Pushkin doesn’t back down from a challenge, no matter how daunting it may seem. The Long Island resident, who battled two rounds of cancer, has successfully taken on both the New York State Legislature and the federal government in order to make sure women are better informed about their breast health. After … Read more

AI develops cancer drug in 30 days

AI develops cancer drug in 30 days

By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com 13:02 19 Mar 2023, updated 13:26 19 Mar 2023 Artificial intelligence has developed a treatment for an aggressive form of cancer in just 30 days and demonstrated it can predict a patient’s survival rate using doctors’ notes. The breakthroughs were performed by separate systems, but show how the powerful technology’s … Read more

Scientists develop gene test to tell if blood cancer drugs will work

Scientists develop gene test to tell if blood cancer drugs will work

By Eve Simmons, Deputy Health Editor For The Mail On Sunday Updated: 22:22 18 Mar 2023 Blood cancer test finds 10% who can’t be helped by life-saving lenalidomide Could spare patients from needless side effects like exhaustion and infection  Scientists have developed a test to identify which blood-cancer patients will benefit the most from a … Read more

Young woman with terminal ovarian cancer shared her bucket list

Six years ago Alisi Jack-Kaufusi was diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer (pictured in early 2019 when her hair started to grow back)

Riding bareback on a horse, skydiving, and flying in a fighter jet are some of the activities Alisi Jack-Kaufusi never thought she’d be able to do.  Six years ago the HR administrator was given the ‘soul crushing news’ she had stage three ovarian cancer after scans found two tumours the size of grapefruits on each ovary.   Despite … Read more