"There isn't enough research or treatment being done for people 15 to 40."
-Conor O'Brien
MEDICAL UPDATES IMPACTING YOU - YOUNG ADULTS (YAS)
Cancer's most isolated patients
For decades, the needs of adolescents and young adults with the disease have been slighted. That's beginning to change. By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times Read more...
Doctors Seeing Rise In Thyroid Cancer In Women
Incidence Has Doubled In Recent Decades, Dana Farber Physicians Say... Read more...
Cell Phones Possibly Carcinogenic, says World Health Organization
The World Health Organization/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, associated with wireless phone use. Read more...
Teen Cancer Trust Warns Doctors Over Young Patients
United Kingdom: Laura Saunders was diagnosed with cancer in 2009, when she was 18 years old. Campaigners are warning doctors not to rule out cancer when diagnosing younger patients. A Teenage Cancer Trust survey suggested that many young sufferers believe they could have been diagnosed earlier. Read more...
True or False: Sunscreen is Dangerous
FALSE! You may have heard about a study from England that recently came out with the information that sunscreen causes cancer, but the American Academy of Dermatology released a statement urging you to use sunscreen. Here are some tips and information about using and buying safe sunscreen. Read more...
A Closer Look at Teenage Sleep Patterns: How Tired is too Tired?
...many teenagers sleep past noon on the weekends when they don't have to get to school. This leaves many to wonder just what level of fatigue is normal, and how does one determine how much sleep a teenager needs? Read more...
Important: 4 Ways to Improve Cancer Survival Rates Now
Did you know that cancer is the number one disease related cause of death in those aged 15 to 40? This means that every eight minutes a young adult is diagnosed with the disease. Not scared yet? How about the fact that survival rates in this age group have not changed since the 1970s. That's right - a girl wearing plaid bellbottoms had the same chance of beating cancer as someone diagnosed today. Read more...
Stomach Cancer on the Rise Among Young, White Adults
TUESDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of lower stomach cancer continue to decline for most groups in the United States, a new study finds that among young, white men and women the rate is increasing. Read more...
The Affordable Care Act's New Rules on Preventive Care and You
Too many Americans don't get the preventive health care they need to stay healthy, avoid or delay the onset of disease, lead productive lives, and reduce health care costs. Cost-sharing (including copays, co-insurance and deductibles) reduces the likelihood that preventive services will be used. Read more...
Teen Girls May Need Two Annual 'Well-Child' Visits
Washington, DC -- Adolescent girls may need two "well-child" visits each year - a general preventive visit and a dedicated reproductive health visit - and both visits should be covered by insurers according to an updated Committee Opinion issued today by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and published in the July issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Read more...
Sam Champion's Skin Cancer Procedure
ABC weatherman Sam Champion had skin cancer cells removed from his shoulder live on "Good Morning America", publicizing his own health issues to make viewers more aware of their own. Read more...
Must-Have Checkups at Every Age
As part of National Women's Health Week, Dr. Keri Peterson breaks down the most important exams women should be getting in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s. Read more...
Stomach Cancer on the Rise Among Young, White Adults
While rates of lower stomach cancer continue to decline for most groups in the United States, a new study finds that among young, white men and women the rate is increasing. Read more...
Health Insurance - Can't Live With it; Can't Live Without it
If I had been diagnosed with cancer during the months that I had no health insurance, there is a good chance I would be dead right now. Read more...
In Cancer Fight, Teenagers Don't Fit In
Simone Weinstein's ordeal with cancer started in the most banal way: she was tired. She had a hard time getting up in the morning, and did not even have the energy to hang out with her friends. Read more...
Indoor Tanning: The Risks of Ultraviolet Rays
Tanning beds are more dangerous than previously understood. According to the FDA, teens are particularly vulnerable. Read more...
Another Gap...the Sex Knowledge Gap
You know about the shocking gap in cancer survival rates for teens and young adults, but did you know there is a "sex gap" too...? Read more...
What's the Big Deal About Actors Smoking in Movies
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Dartmouth College were funded by the National Cancer Institute to find out. They studied almost 1300 Mexican-Americans teens over three years. It turns out that exposure to smoking scenes in movies was a stronger predictor of smoking experimentation than peer pressure. Read more...
Cancer Rates in the U.S. Improve
Cancer rates are on the decline in the US. Whew! Good news but for 15-40-year-olds - cancer survival rates are barely improving! Please...Check Yourself...see your health care provider and check back in if you notice any change in your normal health that lasts more than a week. Changes can include a change in mole or new skin lesion, any abnormal discharge, pain or swelling in one leg, shoulder, etc but not the other, a bump or buldge anywhere, swollen lymph nodes or abnormally fatigue. If this applies to you - call your doctor! Read more...
Cervical Cancer Screening Update
Women's health and cancer screenings continue to make headlines. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists now recommends... Read more...
Mammography Guidelines Debate
Just seven years after recommending that women have mammograms every one to two years starting at age 40, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force changed its recommendation. Read more...
Foundation For Young Adult Cancer Patients
Survival rates for children and older adults with cancer have soared 30 percent in the past two decades, during which there has been no improvement in survival rates for adolescents and young adults with cancer. Read more...
