Cancer cases are on the rise among people under 50 — and researchers aren’t sure why.

With age comes disease. Cancer and Alzheimer’s dementia are among the commonest and most feared health conditions – particularly in countries with ageing populations such as the UK. Several decades ago, researchers at a psychiatric centre in New York observed a curious relationship between these two diseases.

Local and independent pharmacies are often cornerstones of communities, providing individualized healthcare. However, Wisconsin and the rest of the country are facing a wave of closures.

“City of Hope researchers are investigating foods like white button mushroom, grape seed extract, pomegranate, blueberries and ripe purple berries called Jamun for their potential medicinal properties.

A small clinical trial shows promising results for patients with triple-negative breast cancer who received an investigational vaccine designed to prevent recurrence of tumors. Conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis with a therapy designed by WashU Medicine researchers, the trial is the first to report results for this type of vaccine — known as a neoantigen DNA vaccine — for breast cancer patients.

Cancer diagnoses fell significantly below expectations in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but recovered to projected levels the following year, according to results of a cross-sectional study.

If you have trouble affording prescription drugs, some independent pharmacists say that so-called pharmacy middlemen are partially to blame.

There's a small fatty gland that sits behind your sternum and is often said to be 'useless' in adulthood.

One-third of childhood cancer survivors reported high levels of fear of cancer recurrence even decades after treatment, according to results of a cross-sectional analysis.