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The rapper and reality star, Danielle Bregoli, responded to social media speculation about her weight loss, revealing she’s been taking cancer medication. Learn more about her health here...

TOPLINE: A group structured mindfulness intervention improves existential well-being and advance care planning self-efficacy in patients with advanced cancer. Patients also may show moderate improvements in psychological outcomes, and their caregivers show improved quality of life following mindfulness training. METHODOLOGY: Advance care planning to prepare for future medical decision-making has been associated with better quality

HIS ailing health has robbed him of his eyesight and led to a string of big operations, but Sir Elton John is still standing. The 77-year-old reckons there is “not much left” of him following joint replacement surgeries and the removal of his tonsils, appendix and prostate. 5 Elton John's friends are worried he is

Older breast cancer survivors often have other medical issues and a shorter life expectancy than younger breast cancer survivors. What's more, their cancers are often slow-growing, and surveillance may lead to over-treatment of cancers that won't kill them, researchers say. Despite these downsides, older breast cancer survivors are still undergoing mammograms even though their risk

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week's topics include over-the-counter (OTC) versus fitted

Science & Nature Skin microbiota can be engineered to induce antitumor T cells...Read MoreRebecka Volkman

Science & Nature The etiology of early-onset colorectal cancer needs to be understood to tackle rising incidence...Read MoreChristeen Latson

Science & Nature Abdominal X-ray by barium of colorectal cancer. Cavallini James/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesVirtual colonoscopies and at-home tests are making check-ups...