Cancer Archives

10.01.2025 young Black man facing away from camera at a doctor's visit. cancer screening concept

For men in the South living with HIV, seeking anal cancer screening is deeply inequitable, with age and partner gender playing key roles.

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

09.23.2025 young woman getting a mammogram. breast cancer concept

While late-stage breast cancer diagnoses have declined overall since 2004, areas experiencing persistent poverty have seen little progress.

Guest Author Heather Sherr

09.17.2025 Portrait of a young woman scrolling on her phone with a concerned look on her face. Concept for finding health information on social media

Visual demonstrations on social media can help explain medical procedures, but without clear language, they may also heighten anxiety.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

09.08.2025 close up of woman applying a cosmetic self-tanning product onto a tanning mitt indoors

Self-tanners are safer and more convenient than sunbathing or tanning beds, but they may still cause health concerns like allergic reactions.

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

08.20.2025 Palm trees twisted by strong winds. Natural disaster concept

Natural disasters and health emergencies disrupt preventive care, delaying early detection and treatment of common conditions.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

06.30.2025 Portrait of an older Black man working in his garden

Cancer survivors who maintained a garden for one year were more likely to show key health improvements than those who did not.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

03.25.2025 Concept of artificial intelligence (AI) for disease diagnosis in medicine

When early detection can mean the difference between life and death, AI-assisted cancer detection offers a promising way forward.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

03.10.2025 Waist-up portrait of an adult woman choosing fresh meat while shopping for groceries in the supermarket

If 200 million adults chose to cut their red and processed meat intake by 30%, over one million cases of type 2 diabetes could be prevented.

Fellow Heather Sherr

01.08.2025 Man using AI chatbot on smartphone

AI chatbots can share useful health information, but to be effective, they must use trusted sources and simple language to bridge knowledge gaps.

Fellow Heather Sherr

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