Disease

People swear that popping a few vitamin C tablets when their throat starts to feel sore is a surefire method to prevent a cold.

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal, regarding approved cancer drugs in the European Medicines Agency from 2009-2013 has found that most of them did not signi

Proper functioning of the human body relies on microbial partners.

Scientists in China have just provided one major piece that is the Zika puzzle.  Proponents of the "all natural" movement ought to look at this virus and recognize that nature can be a bitch.

Ever since the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trials of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for post-menopausal women was halted early because of an observed increased risk of breast cancer, there has been confusion about the positive and negative

It's pretty common knowledge that obesity increases the chance that a woman will develop breast cancer, and how her excess adiposity is distributed on her body can be a clue to her risk.

Fifty or so years ago a woman diagnosed with breast cancer was almost sure to be treated aggressively — with a radical mastectomy.

An aggressive type of cancer surgery that's grown increasingly popular – and controversial – during the last decade is largely determined by patient preference, and not necessarily by sound medical reasoning.

For the vast majority of people who live in the developed world, infectious disease is an afterthought.

My heart sank when I received the news. Nearly two years ago, my friend and colleague, Sam Chi, called to tell me that he had pancreatic cancer. I knew that was a death sentence.