Cigarette smoking kills nearly half a million Americans each year, yet most people who smoke are unable to quit despite multiple attempts. Helping more people to quit smoking remains one of the greatest opportunities to…
From the University of Exeter press release: Hypnosis could help to reduce the fear of medical procedures in children and young people with cancer. New research led by the University of Exeter found promising evidence…
From the Brigham and Women’s Hospital press release: Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital led by Ying Bao, MD, ScD, an epidemiologist in BWH’s Channing Division of Network Medicine and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical…
From the Wiley press release: A recent study showed approximately one-fifth of patients with cancer experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) several months after diagnosis, and many of these patients continued to live with PTSD years…
From the Thomas Jefferson University press release: Patients diagnosed and treated for a long-term potentially fatal diseases such as cancer, can accumulate distressing and traumatic experiences along the way. A new study from the Marcus Institute…
From the University of California – San Diego press release: It is estimated that up to 75 percent of breast cancer survivors experience problems with cognitive difficulties following treatments, perhaps lasting years. Currently, few science-based options…
From the NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute press release: How well cancer patients fared after chemotherapy was affected by their social interaction with other patients during treatment, according to a new study by researchers at the…
From the Penn State press release: Women who experience a false-positive mammogram result are more likely to begin medication for anxiety or depression than women who received an immediate negative result, according to a study…
From the Research Society on Alcoholism press release: The more alcohol that people drink, the more their cells appear to age. In a new study that will be shared at the 40th annual scientific meeting of…
From the American Cancer Society press release: A new report finds cancer caregivers suffer a steady decline in physical health compared to controls, and that symptoms of depression were the only significant predictor of caregivers’…