For women diagnosed with early breast cancer, the long-term risk of developing a second primary cancer is low (around 2–3% ...

Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, affecting over 10 million people worldwide. Some forms of Parkinson's disease are characterized by an inability of cells to ...

The type of estradiol-based hormone therapy taken during and after menopause, such as patches or pills, may be associated ...

A new study found that Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander people had the highest rate of stroke among people from other race ...

Children in sub-Saharan Africa have the world's highest rates of under-5 mortality at 74 deaths per 1,000 live births, which ...

A once-straightforward seasonal vaccine process has become muddled this year because of new federal guidance on who can get ...

A novel intervention aimed at helping adolescents with sickle cell disease maintain hydroxyurea treatment plans shows ...

In my youth, I spent an unreasonable amount of time questioning why A-level chemistry was a prerequisite for medical school.

Cancer cells are notoriously flexible, taking on new features as they move around the body. Many of these changes are due to ...

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is one of the most challenging conditions in gastroenterology, affecting patients who have lost ...

Peptidyl-arginine deiminase 2 (PAD2) enzyme converts arginine amino acid residues in histone proteins into citrulline groups and promotes tumor cell proliferation in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, ...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common type of sarcoma, often driven by mutations in the KIT or PDGFRA ...