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New Test May Predict Success of Chemo for Breast Cancer

By Mark Schweizer

7 days ago

A new genetic test may be able to predict a woman’s chance of survival after chemotherapy for breast cancer, according to a new study. In the future, such ...

How Personalized Medicine Is Changing Cancer Treatments

By Mark Schweizer

7 days ago

Apple chief executive officer Steve Jobs and author Christopher Hitchens, who both recently succumbed to their respective cancers, were among a select few cancer patients to have their ...

Melanoma Patients’ Reaction to Drug Sheds Light on Treatment

By Mark Schweizer

7 days ago

A drug recently approved to treat deadly forms of melanoma can double the length of patients’ lives — however, the drug eventually stops working, and the cancer returns. ...

Prolonged Sitting Increase’s Women’s Diabetes Risk

By Mark Schweizer

7 days ago

Prolonged periods of sitting may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes in women, a new study finds. In the study, a woman’s likelihood of having risk factors ...

23% of Teens Have Diabetes or Prediabetes

By Mark Schweizer

7 days ago

The percent of U.S. teens with diabetes is on the rise, a new study suggests. Between 1999 and 2008, the percentage of adolescents ages 12 to 19 with ...

Common Household Chemical May Increase Kids’ Risk of Eczema

By Mark Schweizer

7 days ago

Exposure to a household chemical in the womb may increase children’s risk of eczema, a new study suggests. In the study, mothers who were exposed to high concentrations ...

Parasite Infection Hits US Infants Hard

By Mark Schweizer

7 days ago

Infants born in North America are more likely to suffer the severe effects of the parasitic infection toxoplasmosis than infants in Europe, a new study says. In the ...

Sleep Disturbances May Cause Memory Problems

By Mark Schweizer

7 days ago

Brief disturbances of sleep may interfere with the normal process of solidifying the memories we form during the day. In a new study, healthy people performed better on ...

Parkinson’s Personality: Disease More Likely to Strike Cautious People

By Mark Schweizer

7 days ago

Some personality traits appear to be linked with the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, a new study suggests. The results show patients with Parkinson’s disease are more likely ...

Is Sexually Transmitted Gonorrhea Becoming a ‘Superbug’?

By Mark Schweizer

7 days ago

The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is increasingly developing resistance to all of the antibiotics we have to treat it in the United States, researchers warn. In 2009, nearly ...

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New Test May Predict Success of Chemo for Breast Cancer

How Personalized Medicine Is Changing Cancer Treatments

Melanoma Patients’ Reaction to Drug Sheds Light on Treatment

Prolonged Sitting Increase’s Women’s Diabetes Risk

23% of Teens Have Diabetes or Prediabetes

Common Household Chemical May Increase Kids’ Risk of Eczema

Parasite Infection Hits US Infants Hard

Sleep Disturbances May Cause Memory Problems

Parkinson’s Personality: Disease More Likely to Strike Cautious People

Is Sexually Transmitted Gonorrhea Becoming a ‘Superbug’?

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