Medical research

Clinical trials: A significant part of cancer care

A cancer diagnosis is an emotional experience. Learning that you have cancer can create feelings of hopelessness, fear and sadness. This is especially true if your cancer is advanced or available treatments are unable to ...

Medications

Conjugated equine estrogen may increase risk for ovarian cancer

Conjugated equine estrogen (CEE) taken alone for menopause may increase the risk for developing and dying from ovarian cancer, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, ...

Vaccination

Four ways vaccine skeptics mislead on measles and more

Measles is on the rise in the United States. In the first quarter of this year, the number of cases was about 17 times what it was, on average, during the same period in each of the four years before, according to the Centers ...

Medications

Magic mushrooms may one day treat anorexia, but not just yet

Anorexia nervosa is a severe mental health disorder where people fear weight gain. Those with the disorder have distorted body image and hold rigid beliefs their body is too big. They typically manage this through restricted ...

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