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  • Aug 29, 2017
    CDC estimates proposed R-rating would avert 1 million tobacco deaths among today’s children

    A coalition of the nation’s most influential health organizations -- responding to a July 7 report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- have demanded that movie producers,...

  • Jul 6, 2017

    July 6, 2017–A new report finds more than half of all cancer deaths in men in 2013 in China and more than a third of those in women were attributable to a group of potentially modifiable risk...

  • May 18, 2017
    Smokers who received frequent, tailored emails quit at rates rivaling medication

    Smokers who received frequent, tailored emails with quitting tips, motivational messages, and social support had cessation rates rivaling that of the most effective medication available for...

  • May 18, 2017
    Report notes while there have been improvements in some areas of cancer prevention and early detection, the use of potentially lifesaving measures is sub-optimal

    While there have been improvements in some areas of cancer prevention and early detection, the use of potentially lifesaving measures is suboptimal and strongly influenced by individual behaviors,...

  • May 4, 2017
    Increasing Affordability Expected to Hamper Efforts to Address Global Obesity Epidemic

    A new American Cancer Society study concludes that sugar-sweetened beverages have become more affordable in nearly every corner of the globe, and are likely to become even more affordable and more...

  • Mar 31, 2017
    Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women, and children for all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.

    Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women, and children for all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer,...

  • Mar 29, 2017
    Nearly half of young women in five states with early-stage cancer in one breast undergo surgery for unaffected breast

    March 29, 2017-- The proportion of women in the United States undergoing surgery for early-stage breast cancer who have preventive mastectomy to remove the unaffected breast increased...

  • Mar 8, 2017
    Two years after recommendations, only a small percentage have been tested

    A new Brief Report appearing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine looks at testing rates for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) two years after the United States Preventive Services Task Force...

  • Feb 7, 2017
    Guideline Updated to Reflect Recent Federal Recommendation

    The American Cancer Society has endorsed updated recommendations on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) supporting a two-dose...

  • Oct 31, 2016
    Study may hold clues to potential interventions to improve healthy food choices

    October 31, 2016– A new study suggests that an ability to delay immediate gratification is associated with less frequent consumption of fast food. The study, which appears early online in...