Oncology & Cancer

Cancer in context: 37 years of painstakingly collected data

Prostate and lung cancer have been the No. 1 and 2 cancers among men. Stomach cancer, the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, has been on a steady decline among Koreans and Japanese. Black men had the highest ...

Neuroscience

The resilience of brain-training hype

It was definitely déjà vu in the media today. Reuters, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, and more were back on the "brain training prevents dementia" bandwagon.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Discouraged by experts, episiotomies still common in some hospitals

Since it was uploaded to YouTube, the video of Kimberly Turbin's 2013 episiotomy has been viewed more than 430,000 times. In the video, Turbin lies on her back in a hospital bed. Her knees are bent, her legs and feet are ...

Pediatrics

Even kiddie pools pose danger

(HealthDay)—Just a few inches of water in a kiddie pool are enough to drown a child.

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