Tag Archives: cancer

By Brad Broker Kylie Simonds, of Naugatuck, Connecticut, was 8 years old when she was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma — a rare, malignant, soft tissue tumor attached ...

US News & World Report just released its annual Best Hospitals rankings, which cover nearly 5,000 medical centers across the country and also rank 16 medical ...

A routine, but highly sensitive, blood test may be able to detect cancer.  Researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine have found a way to ...

A courageous decision by Larry Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Caremark, will take tobacco off the shelves of one of our country’s largest pharmacy ...

By Brad Broker Patients can now get their own test results directly from the lab.  No more calls to the doctor’s office, waiting on hold ...

By Kaushik J. Dave, Ph.D. The fastest-growing hospital procedure might surprise you. It is not bariatric surgery, nor does it involve robotic machinery. In fact, ...

By Alan Lyndon “We are giving ourselves cancer.” That’s according to an article in today’s New York Times written by a radiologist and a cardiologist from ...

By Brad Broker Q: What is the #1 online source of medical information for patients and health care professionals? Epocrates? Mayo Clinic? Facebook? No, no, ...

By Brad Broker Last November, two Pennsylvania state senators crossed the aisle to introduce a bill to legalize marijuana for medicinal use.  Senators Mike Folmer ...

By Brad Broker A new imaging technique that can scan a patient’s entire body can also reveal exactly where cancer is affecting the bones and ...