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MONDAY, July 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A man’s cardio fitness might influence whether he’ll develop -- or survive -- three of the most common cancers in males, a new Swedish study reports.Higher levels of cardio fitness are associated with a significantly lower risk of developing colon and lung cancers, researchers report.Cardio fitness also plays a role in a man’s likelihood of surviving prostate, colon and lung cancers, results show.“Better cardiorespiratory fitness [CRF] is not only important for reducing cardiovascular disease risk, which is often communicated, but also for reducing cancer risk in men,” said lead researcher Elin Ekblom-Bak, a senior lecturer with the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences in Stockholm.“Current cancer prevention guidelines focus...

MONDAY, July 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let stand a federal appeals court ruling that found people with gender dysphoria should be protected against discrimination under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). “By declining to hear this case, the Supreme Court implicitly acknowledges what those who have seriously examined the issue have concluded: the ADA protects people who experience gender dysphoria, including transgender and nonbinary people, from being discriminated against on that basis,” Olivia Hunt, policy director for the National Center for Transgender Equality, told the Associated Press.Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. “The Fourth Circuit’s decision makes an important provision of a federal law inoperative...

MONDAY, July 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Some women take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to combat the hot flashes and night sweats that accompany menopause, but a new study review suggests hormone therapy may increase a woman’s risk for developing heartburn.Women who take or have ever taken hormones are at greater risk for developing gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD, which is marked by heartburn, difficulty swallowing and chest pain, the analysis of five previous studies found. It was published June 27 in Menopause, journal of the North American Menopause Society.This isn’t the first time that HRT has been linked to side effects. Long-term use fell from grace in 2002 after the Women's Health Initiative study found hormones increased the risk of strokes, and breast and...

MONDAY, July 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer death rates among Hispanic Americans have declined in general over the past two decades, but for certain cancers the outlook has only gotten worse, a new study finds.First, the good news: Thanks to improvements in screening, diagnosis and treatment -- and a decline in smoking -- the U.S. cancer death rate has been dropping for years. And the new study found that this is true of Hispanic Americans, too.Unfortunately, deaths from certain cancers are ging in the opposite direction: Between 1999 and 2020, the study found, deaths from liver cancer rose among Hispanic-American men and women, while women saw an increase in deaths from pancreatic and uterine cancers.Also worrisome, cancer deaths rose among Hispanic men under 35 -- an age when...