Health benefits rose with every step, the study found, but peaked at 10,000 steps — after that the effects faded. Counting steps may be especially important for people who do unstructured, unplanned physical activity such as house work, gardening and dog walks. “Notably, we detected an association between incidental steps […]
Cancer
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center officials have a lot to be happy about. The cancer center posted solid operating results for the pandemic’s second year, seeing more patients than it did two years ago and managing to log a net surplus of $35.5 million on a record $1.12 billion in […]
There were two thoughts pushing Kolt Codner forward in his first marathon race: his 4-year-old son Andrew’s fight against cancer and the hospital that provides him care. © Courtesy Akron Children’s Hospital An Ohio dad ran his first marathon to support his son fighting cancer and raise money for Akron […]
A prospective study examining links between diet quality and survival of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) found no link between diet at the initiation of first-line treatment and overall survival. For the study, Erin Van Blarigan, ScD, of the University of California San Francisco, and colleagues assessed “validated food […]
Why Research on Cancer Health Disparities Is Critical to Progress against the Disease Although there has been substantial progress in cancer treatment, screening, diagnosis, and prevention over the past several decades, addressing cancer health disparities—such as higher cancer death rates, less frequent use of proven screening tests, and higher rates […]