Cancer

4 million cancer cases studied: People who do not marry face as much as 85% greater cancer risk

Researchers and experts note that several health advantages frequently track with marriage in population studies.

A bride covers her face as she waits to take her wedding vow at a mass marriage ceremony at Bahirkhand village, north of Kolkata February 8, 2015. (illustrative)
Paris is a city worth understanding, not just seeing.

French authorities flag cadmium risk in pasta, bread, potatoes

Portrait of the Israeli Writer and poet Tsruya Lahav in Jerusalem. July 31, 2008.

Israeli lyricist Tzruya Lahav dies at 74 after cancer battle

Vaping. Illustration.

Researchers tie vaping to mouth and lung cancers in new analysis


Battling conspiracies of a Western anti-fertility plot, Pakistan vaccinates girls against HPV

“I have heard that the vaccination is being used to make women infertile and reduce the population of Muslims,” Ali Sheikh, a mother of two in Karachi, told AP.

An illustrative image of the HPV vaccine.

Former US President Biden undergoing radiation therapy for cancer, NBC News reports

"President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment," NBC News quoted a spokesperson for Biden as saying. 

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden looks on during a cabinet meeting inside the West Wing of the White House in September. Biden must not continue with the Obama policy of appeasing Iran and turning a blind eye to its terrorist proxies, the writers warn.

The FDA approved the first bladder cancer treatment that prevents removal

For the first time, a device for releasing local chemotherapy in the bladder has been approved in the U.S., for patients who do not respond to standard treatment.

In Israel, about 2,000 new patients are diagnosed each year with bladder cancer

International study: Blood test detected cancer at early stages in thousands of participants

In a study of over 111,000 participants in the U.S., the Galleri test identified 32 types of cancer — including pancreatic and ovarian — often at early, more treatable stages.

The Galleri test succeeded in identifying 32 different types of cance

From surviving the Nova festival to battling cancer: Raz Peri's fight to inspire - interview

Post-Oct. 7, Raz Peri now takes on cancer for the second time. He tells the ‘Magazine’ how he is striving to turn pain into light.

Raz Peri

Living with cancer means asking: When do you stop the fight? - opinion

The societal expectations around learning you have cancer are to fight.

‘IT’S NEVERTHELESS hard – nay, impossible – for me to imagine actually taking such an extreme step.’

This diet both significantly reduces cancer risk and saves lives

Vegetarian and vegan diets have long ceased to be on the margins, and now a new study has found that they reduce the likelihood of chronic diseases and lower the risk of developing cancer.

Quinoa salad

Surviving the Nova Massacre and battling cancer: Raz Peri on pain, healing, and hope - interview

"Every donation, every share, every kind word, saves lives," Raz told the Post.

Raz Peri

Health basket cuts are crippling families - opinion

Behind every child with cancer stands an entire family fighting not only the disease but often the system itself.

HEALTH MINISTRY Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov attends a meeting of the healthcare basket committee earlier this year. Israelis believe they have a national health insurance system, but the picture is often very different, states the writer.

Prostate cancer: The treatment that identifies cancer cells and destroys them from within

Ahead of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, the most common cancer among men, here is everything about the new treatment already in use in Israel that brings hope to patients.

Studies have shown that it not only prolongs patients’ lives but also eases disease symptoms and improves the quality of life for patients with advanced prostate cancer