Breast Cancer

Not very long ago, we highlighted worrisome trends of alcohol consumption in older adults. Now we can report more worrisome news about what even moderate alcohol consumption can do to your physical health. First, as reported elsewhere in agebuzz, we now have a new study implicating alcohol as one of…

It’s a good news/bad news story. The good news is that death rates from breast cancer are declining, even if not as fast and far as we would all hope. Women over 60 constitute the largest group of breast cancer survivors, so for many mature women, breast cancer has been…

Few of us escape the scourge of cancer, either through our own diagnosis or that of a loved one. And around the world, in wealthier countries, cancer has become the #1 leading killer, overtaking cardiovascular disease, for which death rates have come down because of blood pressure, diet and lifestyle…

Regular agebuzz readers may remember that there are a host of blood tests routinely conducted on older adults. Over at Better Health While Aging, Dr. Leslie Kernisan goes through the 10 commonly used blood tests for older adults. Separate and apart from each of these tests and why they’re useful,…

Given that it’s the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women, concern about breast cancer lurks in the minds of many middle-aged and older women. As such, over 39 million mammograms are performed annually, according to the Food and Drug Administration, and a new study in the journal Cancer confirms the…