"Cancer"

A cure for cancer remains the goal for many a researcher, yet it continues to remain elusive. With more and more people diagnosed with various types of cancers every year, …

It’s one of the most widely used medications in the world, with millions or billions of pills being produced every year. A noted pain medication, it has been used for …

When most people think of fatal diseases that impact public health, they think of things like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and other headline diseases or conditions that affect millions of …

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most devastating cancers affecting Americans today. While it only accounts for about 3 percent of all new cancer cases, it results in about 7 …

A new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine indicates that drinking hot tea could lead to an increased risk of esophageal cancer, at least among regular users of tobacco …

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting men. By age 80, 80% of men will carry prostate cancer cells in their prostates, and over 28,000 men die …

A recent study by the Duke Cancer Institute has discovered that one-third of cancer patients end up paying more money out of pocket for their cancer treatments than they expected, …

When you see a headline like, “Study finds link between blood sugar and brain cancer,” what do you assume? Probably a story about the dangers of high blood sugar and …

Men often brush aside health issues like diarrhea or frequent urination as minor problems that don’t warrant a visit to the doctor. On the contrary, any health anomaly, even if …

In the next 25 years, nearly 260 million Americans could be overweight or obese by 2050, according to a new study published in The Lancet.  Researchers from the Institute for …