The moon has held human thoughts in its thrall since the sunrise of time. People worldwide have worshiped it as a crucial deity throughout the ages, believing it held real electricity to steer their lives and health. But is that this surely authentic? In this Spotlight feature, we check out. …

New research has found that electromagnetic fields might help prevent some breast cancers from spreading to other parts of the body. The study showed that low-intensity electromagnetic fields hindered the mobility of specific breast cancer cells by preventing the formation of long, thin extensions at the edge of a migrating …

Arun Jaitley, 66, became admitted at the Cardio-Neuro-Centre around 11 am after complaining of breathlessness and restlessness. The former finance minister’s health becomes tested using a team of an endocrinologist, nephrologist, and cardiologist. Doctors have claimed that Jaitley is now “hemodynamically stable,” which means that he has a stable coronary …

UCLA researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that could help pathologists read biopsies more accurately and better detect and diagnose breast cancer. The new system, described in a study published in JAMA Network Open, helps interpret medical images used to diagnose breast cancer that can be difficult for the …

Imagine having to counsel a patient who has been diagnosed with breast cancer about the possibility she may need to have her stomach removed. That’s what happened to Marc Tischkowitz, MD, Ph.D., an oncologist affiliated with Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Trust in the United Kingdom. The patient …

Human doctors once again fell short of artificial intelligence in a test to accurately diagnose breast cancer, adding yet more evidence that AI-aided diagnostics may soon be commonplace. Researchers at the University of Washington and UCLA created a system that distinguished between a pair of conditions that human doctors often …

Dr. Benita Tan is a general surgeon specializing in elective breast surgery. She is a senior consultant at the Singapore General Hospital and an adjunct Associate Professor at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School of Singapore. She talked to Star Health about various breast cancer and surgery aspects during her recent …

A large comprehensive patient-level meta-analysis showed that achieving pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy correlates with significantly improved event-free survival and overall survival in patients with localized breast cancer. These findings were particularly robust in triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-positive breast cancer. Event-free and overall survival were similar regardless of …

Consuming red meat can increase the chances of breast cancer, a study published in the International Journal of Cancer this week revealed. The Sister Study was a US and Puerto Rico-based nationwide prospective cohort study that evaluated environmental and genetic risk factors for breast cancer. The enrollment period was between …

Doctors have gotten much better at detecting and treating breast cancer early. Drug and chemotherapy regimens to control tumors have gotten so effective that surgery is no longer necessary in some cases. In up to 30% of cases of early-stage breast cancer treated before surgery, doctors can’t find evidence of …