There are now nearly 47 million people living with dementia worldwide, up from 35 million people with the condition in 2009. The current cost for caring for people with dementia is about $818 billion.
Previous studies showed evidence that aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) could help protect against colorectal cancer, but a Danish study is the first to show what dose of aspirin is best and how long it needs to be taken to achie…
Many Ebola survivors are suffering lasting health problems. Global and local health officials are trying to find out how widespread the after effects are, and how to treat them.
About 19% of diagnosed cancers are occurring in people who already had and survived a different type of cancer. These “second cancers” are a different site or tissue type than the first cancer. Since the 1970s, about 9% of all cancers were second cancers; …
Carter is receiving a treatment that combines a targeted form of radiation with an immunotherapy drug shown to help some melanoma patients live many months longer than expected.
Certain types of chemicals that are normally used for food packaging, stain-proof clothing, and paints increase in levels for every month the baby is breastfed, a new finding says.
A woman’s risk of dying of breast cancer within 10 or 20 years of receiving a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is low, unless she is diagnosed before age 35 or is black.
