Bad health news has a way of taking over the headlines, and while there are many dangerous and debilitating diseases and infections on the rise, there is also great progress being made, year on year.

The effect of Medicare negotiations on cancer drug prices, oncology practice culture, and artificial intelligence (AI) will be among the many key items discussed at the Community Oncology Alliance’s (COA’s) 2025 Community Oncology Conference.

The largest ever study investigating medical cannabis as a treatment for cancer, published this week in Frontiers in Oncology, found overwhelming scientific support for cannabis’s potential to treat cancer symptoms and potentially fight the course of the disease itself.

Vitamin D is widely known for boosting bone health, muscle strength and immune function, but it also has a range of other benefits — including cancer prevention.

As a couple, we have been dealing with cancer for nearly 30 years.

An estimated record-high 91 million Americans are unable to pay for quality health care if they needed it today, according to a new West Health and Gallup survey.

A panel of experts underscored the need for mental health integration and interdisciplinary collaboration in oncology care during a plenary session at the 2025 National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Annual Conference.

For a decade and a half, Americans have been guaranteed that no matter their health insurer, certain preventive care like cancer screenings are free of charge.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders has signed a first-in-the-nation law that prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from operating both retail and mail-order pharmacies, a move designed to eliminate a conflict of interest that has been blamed for boosting the price of medicines and forcing independent pharmacies to close.

I had my yearly mammogram on Wednesday. Mammograms had become extra important to me because I’d had two bouts of breast cancer, the first in 2011 and the second in 2016.