Cancer

New research finds that cancer deaths have dropped more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act than in states that did not

After several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren is cancer-free! The NBC News correspondent announced the exciting news on Twitter alongside a photo of herself wearing a protective face mask. “After 8 rounds of chemo and 25 rounds of radiation I AM DONE WITH CANCER TREATMENT!!” she wrote. “No hugs or high 5’s… not even a bell…

One of New York’s bravest who died from 9/11-related pancreatic cancer was laid to rest on Thursday, his casket draped with the American flag as loved ones said their final goodbyes to the hero. Family and friends of Daniel Foley, a 21-year veteran of the FDNY, gathered at the Holy Family Church in New Rochelle to pay their final...

Daniel Foley, who worked at Ground Zero for more than a week before pulling the body of his fellow firefighter brother from the pile, died last week from 9/11-related pancreatic cancer. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

One of New York’s bravest has died from 9/11-related pancreatic cancer. Daniel Foley, a 21-year veteran of the FDNY, died at the age of 46. His brother Tom, also a firefighter, was killed in the World Trade Center attacks. Foley served with the FDNY’s Rescue Company 3 and Ladder 49, both in the Bronx. He was cited 10 separate times…

Former “Top Chef” Fatima Ali says she has a year to live. The 29-year-old underwent surgery to remove a tumor in January. However, Ali wrote Tuesday in an essay for Bon Appetit that the “cancer cells my doctors believed had vanished are back with a vengeance in my left hip and femur bone.” Ali says her oncologist told her she...

Getting a blood test to screen for cancer in the earliest stages might seem like a pipe dream. But a group of biotech entrepreneurs say they’re close to making it a reality. If Gabriel Otte’s start-up, Freenome, is successful, millions of people could get a blood test to screen for early-stage colorectal cancer. Freenome looks for two major biomarkers...

Life expectancy in the U.S. went up for the first time in four years

The former professor allegedly used $78,000 earmarked for cancer research on personal expenses, such as mortgage payments on his home

4-year-old Tom (Tomaladon) Glackin inspires everyone in his community with his fight against cancer.

Cancer death rates have declined steadily over the past several decades, falling by nearly a third since the early 1990s, according to a report published Wednesday by the American Cancer Society.

Alex Trebek has a message of support for Congressman John Lewis as both fight pancreatic cancer. “We’re starting a new year, and let’s see if we can’t both complete the year as pancreatic cancer survivors,” Trebek said when asked what he would tell Lewis. He noted they’re the same age, 79. The Georgia Democrat and veteran civil rights leader...

As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured and the TV images from an Alabama bridge in the 1960s forced a nation’s awakening to racial discrimination. As a congressman today at 79, Lewis is facing a foe like none before: advanced pancreatic cancer.

Exercise is linked to a reduced risk of seven types of cancer, and the more physical activity the better, according to a study published Thursday. The study, in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, looked at whether meeting the recommended physical activity guidelines had an effect on cancer risk, NBC News reports.

Vietnam veterans are getting sick from a rare cancer, decades after coming back from war and its not covered by their medical insurance. But that might be about to chance. Greg Cergol reports.

Questions about whether chemicals used to color or straighten hair can cause cancer have swirled for years, according to Today.com. The answers have been inconsistent and inconclusive, but a large new study released on Tuesday had some sobering findings: Women who used permanent hair dye or straighteners, or applied straighteners to others, had a higher risk of developing breast cancer...

Thousands more migrant families may have been separated than the government initially reported, a watchdog group said, possibly due to ongoing problems keeping track of children.

President Donald Trump spent more than two hours at Walter Reed National Medical Center on Saturday for what the White House said were medical tests as part of his annual physical. The appointment wasn’t on Trump’s weekend public schedule, and his last physical was in February. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham said the 73-year-old president was “anticipating a very busy 2020”...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is exploring a late run for president, according to people with knowledge of Patrick’s deliberations, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Patrick would need to decide soon, as the deadline for candidates to get their names on the ballot is rapidly approaching in some states,...

A Virginia doctor allegedly performed hysterectomies and tied a patient’s fallopian tubes without consent, federal authorities said in court documents, NBC News reported. Javaid Perwaiz, 69, was arrested Friday and charged with health care fraud and making false statements to federal investigators, according to papers filed in the Eastern District of Virginia. In one case, Perwaiz, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Chesapeake,...