Articles Tagged ‘health disparities’

Medicaid Increasing Coverage of Aids For Tobacco Cessation

I'm quitting smoking image from smokefree.gov

State Medicaid programs have steadily increased coverage of tobacco dependence treatments since the mid-1990s, the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Trends Progress Report – 2009/2010 Update noted. Medicaid is a health insurance program run by federal and state governments for people who cannot afford regular medical care. In 1995, only three state Medicaid programs covered tobacco dependence treatments, but by 2006, 42 states and the District of Columbia covered some form of treatment. Two more states added coverage in 2007.

Diabetes is the Most Common Risk Factor for Liver Cancer in the U.S.

Drawing of the inside of a body showing the liver, colon and lungs.

The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer, has been increasing in the U.S. for several decades. NCI reseachers found that diabetes was associated with a greater percentage of HCC cases than any other factor.

Coffee Intake and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Singapore Chinese

White cup full of coffee with saucer and spoon

Drinking two cups of strong coffee a day may protect habitual cigarette smokers from developing advanced colon cancer, according to a population-based study of Singapore Chinese, funded by the National Cancer Institute and conducted by researchers from the University of Minnesota.