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Typically, anal cancer is diagnosed more frequently in individuals who are 60 years old or above (Image: Shutterstock)Anal cancer is typically treated through surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.Anal cancer is a relatively uncommon…

South Carolina is seeing one of the fastest rises in anal cancer incidence among women and anal cancer mortality among men, according to a study published Nov. 28 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, led by MUSC Hollings Cancer Center…

Beads?!Illustration: ShutterstockIt’s been a little over a week since 19-year-old chess prodigy Hans Niemann shocked the world at the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, taking down the top-rated player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, 31. Here’s a…

Doctors are putting young women at risk by failing to warn them about the harms of anal sex, researchers say.Writing in the British Medical Journal, two female NHS surgeons claimed anal intercourse is becoming more common among straight…

A team of researchers, including LSU Health New Orleans Infectious Diseases and Microbiology professor Michael Hagensee, MD, PhD, has shown for the first time that treating precancerous anal growths called high-grade squamous…

To try to amass data that could lead to the approval of condoms for anal sex, the company teamed up with researchers at Emory University, met with the F.D.A. and designed a study.Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the study, the…

An elderly Japanese man developed 'restless anal syndrome' after catching Covid, in what doctors claim is a world first.The unidentified 77-year-old was admitted to Tokyo Medical University Hospital after testing positive for Covid. Despite…