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People diagnosed with cancer often don’t embrace the term ‘survivor’

Staff Writer - February 9, 2019

Leonard L. Berry, Texas A&M University ; Andrea Flynn, University of San Diego, and Scott Davis, University of Houston-Downtown “Cancer survivor” has become a catch-all...

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When it comes to brain tumors, a patient’s sex matters

Staff Writer - January 9, 2019

Joshua Rubin, Washington University in St Louis Have you ever wondered why, in most species, males are larger and more ornamented than females? It’s an...

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Beating breast cancer only to die of opioid use – a...

Staff Writer - November 1, 2018

Rajesh Balkrishnan, University of Virginia The availability of life-prolonging treatments such as hormonal therapies and other targeted chemotherapy has led to a sharp decline in...

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Does Monsanto’s Roundup cause cancer? Trial highlights the difficulty of proving...

Staff Writer - August 4, 2018

Richard G. "Bugs" Stevens, University of Connecticut Does glyphosate, the active ingredient in the widely used weedkiller Roundup, cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma? This question is at...

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An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe...

Staff Writer - September 25, 2017

Travis N. Rieder, Johns Hopkins University America’s opioid crisis is getting worse. The role of prescription opioids has both the medical establishment and the government...

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Want to fix America’s health care? First, focus on food

Staff Writer - September 14, 2017

Dariush Mozaffarian, Tufts University The national debate on health care is moving into a new, hopefully bipartisan phase. The fundamental underlying challenge is cost...

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Our obsession with hereditary cancers didn’t start when….

Staff Writer - August 21, 2015

Our obsession with hereditary cancers didn't start when we discovered the breast cancer gene Devon Stillwell, Johns Hopkins University Angelina Jolie received much public attention for...