Mortality rates after cancer surgery declined for Black as well as white patients during a recent 10-year period, although the mortality gap between the…
There may be new trouble ahead for states that had gotten COVID-19 under control after the March and April surges but are now seeing…
Inside brain cells, errors in DNA can accumulate as we age. But in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, these errors — known as somatic mutations…
Immune checkpoint inhibitors, which unleash the immune response against tumor cells, have revolutionized cancer treatment; however, the medications aren’t effective in a large number…
A recent CBS News/YouGov survey found that two-thirds of Americans want recreational marijuana use to be legal. Nearly 70 percent of states allow the…
Obesity has been linked to increased risk for over a dozen different types of cancer, as well as worse prognosis and survival. Over the…
New treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have shown early effectiveness in 85 percent of patients in a cohort that included many people with…
Excerpted from “Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life” by Suzanne Koven, associate professor, Harvard Medical School, and primary care…