For many lung cancer patients, the best treatment options involve checkpoint inhibitors. These drugs unleash a patient’s immune system against their disease and can yield dramatic results, even in advanced cancers.
Tasmanian scientists are a step closer to developing a computer test that can detect dementia, decades before any memory symptoms emerge, recent research has found.
As wildfires throughout the West rage on, Oregon Health & Science University researchers have continued to investigate poor air quality’s effects on health, and have…
Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast, even in the early stages, sometimes opt for a double mastectomy, due to the fear…
Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare but highly aggressive form of skin cancer known for its rapid growth and tendency to metastasize. Despite the promise…
In November 2021, Northwestern University researchers introduced an injectable new therapy, which harnessed fast-moving “dancing molecules,” to repair tissues and reverse paralysis after severe spinal…
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered the source of dysfunction in the process whereby cells in the eye’s retina remove waste.
A study from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy reveals that CEO salaries for nonprofit hospitals and health care systems increased significantly from 2012…
A new study of more than 175,000 people in 25 countries revealed that individuals in low- and middle-income countries face greater challenges with daily activities…
More and more studies show that men face risks of cancer from BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations that are most often associated with breast and…
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that mitochondria are not necessary for the proliferation of specialized immune cells in the central nervous system, but do help…
