Lung cancer comes in two main types: non-small cell and small cell. Each has different patterns, growth rates, and treatment needs. Smoking is the top risk factor, but…
Harry Erba, MD, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC; Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY; Thomas Cluzeau, MD, PhD, Central University Hospital…
Shoulder pain will drive nearly 4.5 million people to a doctor this year, some of which will have suffered from a rotator cuff tear. Some patients will avoid…
Martin Lee, author of Smoke Signals, and director of Project CBD, explains why doctors may find themselves in a difficult position when patients come to them with questions about medical…
Martin Lee, author of Smoke Signals, and director of Project CBD, discusses the results of a University of Calgary study that found New Yorkers suffering from PTSD after the…
For many who are severely obese, bariatric surgery can offer an effective way to lose weight. It can also help reduce blood sugar, cholesterol levels and blood pressure.…
Nancy Simonian, MD, CEO, Syros Pharmaceuticals explains that by modulating components of super-enhancers, important genes that drive disease states may be able to be turned down. She references a recent…
Martin Lee, author of Smoke Signals, and director of Project CBD, discusses the enlightening research coming out of the California Pacific Medical Center about the antitumor and anticancer effects of cannabinoids.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While pancreatic cancer mortality is still higher among blacks than whites in the US, rates are decreasing among blacks and increasing among whites,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the neoadjuvant treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer, administering trastuzumab concurrently with anthracyclines offers no advantage over sequential administration, according to the results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared to single-agent platinum chemotherapy, platinum-combination chemotherapy improves survival in patients with recurrence of ovarian cancer, a meta-analysis has shown. The researchers say…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a randomized trial conducted in Italy indicate that conventional external radiotherapy (RT) after breast conserving surgery for early breast cancer is…
