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“Achieving Cancer Health Equity in Asian Americans: Dispelling the Myth of the ‘Model Minority’ ” Presented by: Carolyn Y. Fang, PhD Professor and Co-leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program Associate Director for Population Science Fox Chase Cancer Center Location: Join this presenter virtually via Zoom Sponsor: Kenneth Tercyak, PhD Carolyn Fang, PhD, is Associate Director […]

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the US, making up 25% of cancer deaths. With obesity rates simultaneously rising, researchers have investigated the connections between cancer risk and body mass index (BMI). Unlike most other cancer types, where higher BMI is associated with increased risk of cancer, research has established that paradoxically people with higher BMI have lower rates of lung cancer diagnosis.

Racial and ethnic minorities in Los Angeles County are more likely to live as far as or farther than five miles from a cardiac rehabilitation facility, according to a new study by investigators at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai.

More than half of people who were likely infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant last fall didn’t know they had the virus, which could be why it spread so fast, a new study finds.

More than half of people who were likely infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant last fall didn’t know they had the virus, which could be why it spread so fast, a new study finds.