Tag Archives: cancer

People with cancer are among those at high risk of complications if infected with the new coronavirus. More than 600,000 people are receiving chemotherapy although doctors are recommending postponing those treatments.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, one of the nation’s leading cancer centers, is running out of masks. BuzzFeed News is reporting that ...

Adolescent and young adults who survived at least two years after a cancer diagnosis had nearly double the risk of being hospitalized compared with their ...

Dr. Norman “Ned” Sharpless (Source: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) The head of the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Norman “Ned” Sharpless, will be temporarily ...

If you have a genetic mutation that increases your risk for a treatable medical condition, would you want to know? For many people the answer ...

The Maryland Proton Treatment Center chose “Survivor” as the theme for its grand opening in 2016, invoking the reality-TV show’s tropical sets with its own ...

When the end draws near, Dr. Roger Kligler, a retired physician with incurable, metastatic prostate cancer, wants the option to use a lethal prescription to ...

By Liz Szabo In the past four years, Bruce Mead-e has undergone two major surgeries, multiple rounds of radiation and chemotherapy to treat his lung ...

Drinking just one glass of wine or other alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer risk, according to a new study released by the American Institute ...

By Judith Graham Alzheimer’s disease has an unusual distinction: It’s the illness that Americans fear most — more than cancer, stroke or heart disease. The rhetoric surrounding Alzheimer’s ...