For cancer patients, maintaining physical fitness and muscle strength could be a powerful weapon in the fight against the deadly disease, according to a recent study. The study, published Tuesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found that cancer patients with high muscle strength and cardio fitness levels had up to 46 per cent…
Since Natalie Lipschultz was diagnosed with stage three colorectal cancer in 2019, she estimates the illness has cost her more than $20,000 in out-of-pocket expenses. Several months after her diagnosis, the Burnaby, B.C., resident was terminated from her job at an insurance company without cause while undergoing chemotherapy in January 2020. She agreed not to pursue legal…
A persistent fever landed nearly three-year-old Wade Butter in hospital right before his birthday in 2023. “We kind of sensed that something was wrong and called his family doctor. And that’s when everything started,” said Nichole Fink, Wade’s mom. A trip to their local hospital in Cambridge, Ont., confirmed the family’s worst nightmare. “The pediatrician…
It can be difficult to know how to support a loved one going through a cancer diagnosis — a lesson John Stamos is learning in real time. In a gesture of support for his friend and Full House co-star Dave Coulier, who was recently diagnosed with “very aggressive” Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Stamos donned a…
By 2050, cancer cases and deaths among men are projected to rise dramatically, with cases increasing by 84 per cent and deaths by 93 per cent, according to a new study published in the medical journal Cancer. The research published Monday analyzed some 30 cancer types across 185 countries and found that between 2022 and…
As colorectal cancer cases rise in younger people, regularly taking aspirin could help lower the risk in those with unhealthier lifestyles, new research suggests. Two cancer-related studies were published in medical journals JAMA Oncology and Lancet Public Health this week. While one shows a disturbing trend for the younger population, the other raises hope for…
