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This doesn’t mean her cancer came back – they are entirely new cancer that started on their own. Almost one out of five cases of cancer were of patients who had the disease before.

The patient’s release on Monday now starts the clock for a 42-day countdown until the World Health Organization can declare the country Ebola-free.

Scientists at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital reported in the BMJ that a study of 136,000 men and women that was conducted over a 30-year period revealed that those who drank more had a higher risk of alcohol caused cancers or...

The most recent seasonal flu vaccine offered little protection, due to the mutations of the HA.

If you haven’t hopped on the organic craze yet, this might push you over the edge. In its recent report called “How Safe is Your Ground Beef?” Only 1 percent contained salmonella, but that can add up to the potential of millions getting sick.

New research has suggested that a certain kind of common heart drug could increase survival in women with ovarian cancer by up to four years. The retrospective study of 1,425 women noted that the women were taking the drug to treat hypertension or another heart condition, not as...

New research has called a common (and often disfiguring) treatment for early stage breast cancer into question.

Researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand found that although being in a relationship can provide happiness and a sense of security, “including a baked-in sense of support and a defense against loneliness”, single people are perfectly happy without a...

There is no cure for West Nile virus.

It has raised the question of whether the early treatment of the ailment would lessen the rise of the deadly breast cancer by “nipping the cancer in the bud” so to say.

Scientists at Ohio State University said they’ve grown a almost complete human brain in a lab.

“It is plausible that there could be a causal relationship behind the link as sudden death following long working hours is often caused by stroke, due to long and repeated periods of stress, although that was not demonstrated in this study”. These studies provided...

Not only are e-cigarettes less harmful, the products may be contributing to falling smoking rates among adults and young people, according to the review. He suggested that “local stop smoking services should look to support e-cigarette users in their journey to quitting...

She says that although walking was found to have the most impact on food intake during the study, any form of distraction while eating can lead to weight gain.

Showing an incredible amount of optimism for a 90-year-old man facing cancer, former president Jimmy Carter detailed his health situation while addressing reporters Thursday from the Carter Center in Atlanta.