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How Too Much Iron (or Too Little) Puts Your Health at Risk

IRON DEFICIENCY IS COMMON in humans. On the other hand, excessive iron (for example, with hemochromatosis) is associated with an increased risk of developing several cancers, including breast, colorectal, liver, and prostate.

The Future of Cancer Screening Is Here: A Simple Blood Test You Can Take at Your Doctor’s Office

Recognizing an increasing risk in younger adults, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force updated its guidelines in 2021, lowering the recommended screening start age from 50 to 45.

What It’s REALLY Like to Hear the Words: “You Have Cancer” 

In any word association exercise, the word cancer is most often linked with death.  Maybe two percent of outliers would say “tumor” or “sick”,...

Here’s What You Need to Know About BRCA 1 and 2: The Breast Cancer Genes

Her mother died of breast cancer. Her aunts and cousins developed breast cancer at a young age. She wanted to avoid the same fate.  We...