Oncology & Cancer

Adjuvant alectinib improves disease-free survival in lung cancer

Adjuvant alectinib improves disease-free survival compared with platinum-based chemotherapy among patients with resected ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study published in the April 11 issue ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Is smallpox still a threat?

Smallpox, a disease that killed an estimated 500 million people in the 20th century alone, is the only human disease to be eradicated. However, a new report, "Future State of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures," from the National ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Meningococcal disease on the rise in the US

A rise in invasive serogroup Y meningococcal disease has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a health advisory for health care providers.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Grieving pet owners comforted by 'supernatural' interactions

Less than a week after her golden retriever Riley died, information studies Professor Jen Golbeck found him napping in her living room, "curled up like a croissant like he always was," on his red and gray-fleece dog bed.

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