American Cancer Society

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  Cancer Society turns 100

  By Mike Stobbe  |  May 22, 2013

  The American Cancer Society — one of the nation's best known and influential health advocacy groups — is 100 years old this week.

• Cancer tops disability claims

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 30, 2013

  Cancer remains the top long-term disability claim, according to 2012 claims data from Unum.

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  DC exchange bars insurers from charging higher premiums to smokers

  By Allen Greenberg  |  April 16, 2013

  The Washington, D.C., Health Benefit Exchange executive board has voted to prohibit health insurance companies from charging higher premiums to smokers and tobacco users.

• Aflac offers new calculator to show accident, illness costs

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  March 8, 2013

  Supplemental insurance provider Aflac now offers its Real Cost Calculator, an online tool that helps consumers realize the costs connected with common illnesses and injuries, such as cancer, heart attack and fractured limbs.

• Lung cancer scans backed for older, heavy smokers

  By Marilynn Marchione  |  January 11, 2013

  After decades of qualms about lung cancer screening, the American Cancer Society says there now is enough evidence to recommend it, but only for current and former heavy smokers ages 55 to 74 and after a frank talk about risks and benefits.

• Death rates from cancer still inching down

  By Lauran Neergaard  |  January 8, 2013

  Death rates from cancer are continuing to inch down, researchers reported Monday.

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  Brain study suggests fructose may spur overeating

  By Marilynn Marchione, Mike Stobbe  |  January 2, 2013

  This is your brain on sugar — for real. Scientists have used imaging tests to show for the first time that fructose, a sugar that saturates the American diet, can trigger brain changes that may lead to overeating.

• Mammograms: For every life saved, 3 overtreated

  By Maria Cheng  |  October 30, 2012

  Breast cancer screening for women over 50 saves lives, an independent panel in Britain has concluded, confirming findings in U.S. and other studies. But it comes at a cost.

• Report advises pause on Paps

  By The Associated Press  |  October 23, 2012

  Most women can wait three to five years between checks for cervical cancer, depending on their age and test choice, say guidelines issued Monday.

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  Texas hospital plans ‘moonshot’ against cancer

  By Marilynn Marchione  |  September 21, 2012

  The nation's largest cancer center is launching a massive "moonshot" effort against eight specific forms of the disease, similar to the all-out push for space exploration 50 years ago.