Radiation has been a staple of breast cancer treatment for decades, but a new study is casting doubt on whether it is necessary or beneficial for some patients. The study published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine found that radiation of the chest wall led to no difference in ...
Study results show a new technique that analyzes genomic information from a type of skin cancer tumor could help melanoma patients avoid additional surgery on their lymph nodes. The test was developed by the Mayo Clinic and SkylineDx and can help determine whether patients with melanoma are at ...
For over four decades, many heart attack survivors have been sent home with a prescription for beta-blockers, which are drugs that impact the effects of hormones and adrenaline on the heart and blood vessels. Now, new research is casting doubt on that practice and could change the standard of ...
Imagine you've just been told you have cancer and all of the emotions and questions that would race through your mind. Next imagine you get news soon after that you're eligible for a clinical trial for treatment that could potentially lengthen or save your life. Allegheny Health Network ...
When someone asks Jen Pardini about the night her ex-boyfriend brutally attacked her and nearly ended her life, she answers the questions openly and without a hint of hesitation. Nothing, the survivor-turned-advocate said, is off limits: not the night he fractured her skull with a hammer, ...
New research is raising the possibility that a virus that is seemingly otherwise harmless to humans could possibly trigger the onset of Parkinson’s disease. The data from Northwestern Medicine published in July shows that some cases are linked to genetics but that most are not, and the ...
