Doctors Urge Routine Skin Screenings
2012-05-06
20% of Americans will develop skin cancer during their lifetime, experts warnContinue Reading
Men's Breast Cancer Often More Deadly, Study Suggests
2012-05-04
Males typically older at diagnosis, often have larger tumors, experts findContinue Reading
Mammograms Beat Thermography for Breast Cancer Detection: Study
2012-05-04
Newer technology missed half of tumors and yielded many false positives, researchers sayContinue Reading
Older Lung Cancer Patients Less Likely to Be Treated
2012-05-04
Researchers say doctors shouldn’t be so quick to write off older peopleContinue Reading
Prenatal Smoking Linked to High-Functioning Autism in Kids
2012-05-04
But study only found slight association, not a cause-and-effect relationshipContinue Reading
Screening for Other Health Problems May Aid COPD Survival
2012-05-04
Cancers, heart conditions, diabetes among the diseases that were linked to study patient deathsContinue Reading
Hot Flashes More Likely for Certain Smokers, Study Says
2012-05-03
Women’s genetic backgrounds may increase susceptibilityContinue Reading
U.S. Health Care Spending High, But Quality Lags: Report
2012-05-03
However, breast cancer survival rates were best among 13 industrialized nationsContinue Reading
Many Breast Cancer Patients in Their 40s Aren't 'High-Risk': Study
2012-05-03
Researchers favor annual mammograms even with no family historyContinue Reading
Lower-Dose Radioiodine Effective Against Thyroid Cancer
2012-05-02
Patients may be able to skip high doses of radiation, painful thyroid hormone withdrawal, studies findContinue Reading
Study: Gene Therapy for HIV Safe, But Effectiveness Still Unclear
2012-05-02
Patients doing well a decade later but virus itself not eradicatedContinue Reading
For Breast Cancer Care, Radiation of Whole Breast May Be Best
2012-05-01
Study finds poorer outcomes with localized, partial-breast approachContinue Reading
Can Blood Test Predict Breast Cancer Risk?
2012-05-01
Preliminary study found women who showed alterations in a specific gene were more likely to develop disease laterContinue Reading
Women More Likely to Survive Melanoma Than Men: Study
2012-05-01
Analysis found female patients had a 30% survival advantageContinue Reading