WEDNESDAY, Aug. 12, 2020 Adding to an ongoing debate over the timing of  mammography , a new British study finds that screening women aged 40 to 49 for  breast cancer  saves lives, with only small increases in overdiagnosis. "This is a very long-term follow-up of a study which confirms that screening in women under 50 can save lives," researcher Stephen Duffy, from Queen Mary University of London, said in a university news release. "The benefit is seen mostly in the first 10 years, but the reduction in mortality persists in the long term at about one life saved per thousand women screened," he added. The findings are now added to the mix of data that has fueled disparate guidelines on breast  cancer screening  in the United States and around the world. In the United States, for example, the influential U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) now recommends that women at average risk for  breast cancer  get their first  mammogram  ...

  MONDAY, Aug. 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) Women with early-stage  breast cancer  whose surgery has been postponed during the coronavirus pandemic need not worry about the delay, new study findings suggest. A longer time from diagnosis to surgery doesn't affect overall survival of women with early-stage tumors, the researchers found. They also said a delay didn't lower survival among women with estrogen-sensitive, early-stage  breast cancer  who received neoadjuvant endocrine therapy before their surgery. "Usually we take these patients with very small tumors directly to surgery, so it is a big change in practice to first put those patients on  tamoxifen  or an aromatase inhibitor," said lead study author Dr. Christina Minami, an associate surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "What we can say from our findings is that despite the delay in surgical therapy, because you were on neoadjuvant endocrine therapy, we do not think that your survival...

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Why Is My Head Itching So Bad? When your head itches continuously, there may be many contributory factors. Head  itching  can be irritating and troublesome. Finding the cause and treating it should be a priority. Ten common reasons for head  itching  include infectious or autoimmune disease and  allergic  reactions. Which infectious diseases cause head itch? Some of the most common causes leading to head itching are: Dandruff :   Dandruff  mainly occurs as a result of the body’s response to yeast overgrowth, resulting in itching and a dry,  flaky scalp . It primarily affects the hairy areas of the body.  For mild  dandruff , use shampoos containing zinc and selenium.  The physician may prescribe topical cortisone and antifungal shampoo in severe dandruff cases. Tinea capitis :  Commonly known as  ringworm ,  Tinea capitis  is a fungal infection that affects the  scalp . Tinea capitis goes deep into the...

Feeling woozy when you stand up may be a sign of an increased risk of developing  dementia , a new study suggests. Doctors call this feeling " orthostatic hypotension ," and it occurs when there's a sudden drop in  blood pressure  as you stand, explained a team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The researchers found a connection between orthostatic  hypotension  and later onset of  dementia  with a drop in systolic  blood pressure  of at least 15 mm Hg, but not diastolic blood pressure or blood pressure overall. Systolic blood pressure is the top number in a blood pressure reading. The finding suggests that "people's blood pressure when they move from sitting to standing should be monitored," UCSF researcher Dr. Laure Rouch said in a news release from the American Academy of Neurology. "It's possible that controlling these blood pressure drops could be a promising way to help preserve people's thinking an...

Taking a daily low-dose   aspirin   may speed the progression of   cancer   in the elderly, a new clinical trial shows. Daily  aspirin  doubled the risk that a person 70 or older would die from a stage 3  cancer , and increased the death risk associated with stage 4  cancers  by nearly a third, according to data from more than 19,000 older people in the United States and Australia. Older patients taking daily aspirin also had a roughly 20% increased risk of their  cancer  spreading to other parts of their body either before or after diagnosis, the researchers found. Compelling evidence from earlier  clinical trials  had shown that daily aspirin taken by middle-aged folks could reduce the risk of  cancer , particularly  colon cancer , researchers said in background notes. But in this new trial, the investigators found that elderly people who presented with later-stage  cancers  "tended to do worse if the...

Fewer Americans have been dying of   lung cancer   in recent years -- partly because of advances in treatment, a new government study finds. The researchers found that after a gradual decline,   lung cancer   deaths in the United States started to drop more quickly in 2013. That coincided with the introduction of new "targeted"   drugs   that can more precisely go after certain lung tumors. Experts called the findings a promising development against a disease that has traditionally had a dismal prognosis. "We're still far from a cure, but we're making tremendous progress in treating the disease," said Dr. Jacob Sands, a volunteer medical spokesperson for the American Lung Association. Sands, who was not involved in the study, said the findings are a testament to basic research that has yielded breakthroughs in the understanding of lung   cancer . Researchers have uncovered a number of genetic alterations in lung tumors that, in some people, serve as "d...