It's a Not-So-Small World After AllBeth Fontenot, MS, RD, LDN
About a third of all the people on the planet are overweight or obese. Guess which countries have the lowest and highest average BMIs.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Chemicals in fast food wrappers can remain in your body for up to 10 years.
Read more >Neil Wagner
The health costs of toxic chemicals like pesticides and flame retardants can exceed $340 billion a year.
Read more >Charlotte LoBuono
A recent report finds that in women over 50 and under 70, mammograms save lives.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
A new set of guidelines to help decide when screening for cancer is —and isn't — a good idea.
Read more >Malcolm D. Kearns, M.D. and Vin Tangpricha, M.D., Ph.D.
Nearly half of the population is deficient in Vitamin D. Age, skin color and weight can put you at risk.
Read more >Sami Hocine
Two new studies identify the genetic mutations that lead to some cancers and offer hope for treating precancerous conditions early.
Read more >Beth Fontenot, MS, RD, LDN
Processed red meats raise the risk of heart trouble — and death — by a lot. Have a fish taco.
Read more >Charlotte LoBuono
Breast cancer screening may soon be far more accurate and far more reassuring.
Read more >Beth Fontenot, MS, RD, LDN
Several studies find nutritional supplements provide little or no benefit. But not everyone agrees.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
Women, like Angelina Jolie, and men with BRCA gene mutations have much higher risk for breast cancer.
Read more >Michael J. Gertner
When we eat right, exercise and receive emotional support, even our chromosomes look younger.
Read more >Nancy A. Phillips, M.D. and Gloria A. Bachmann, M.D.
Pain during sex is a common experience among older women, but it doesn't have to be that way.
Read more >Michael J. Gertner
A lab catastrophe leads to a discovery that may give "fat farm" new meaning — stem cells from fat cells.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
You can't see, smell or taste these environmental toxins. But even lose doses can cause cancer.
Read more >Charlotte LoBuono
Tea is a plant food. And much like a serving of fruit or vegetables, it provides important health benefits.
Read more >Nicole A. Shonka, M.D. and Mark R. Gilbert, M.D.
Chemotherapies for glioblastomas aim to prevent tumor cell growth or promote cell death.
Read more >Parvin Peddi, M.D., and Andrea Wang-Gillam, M.D.
The death of Steve Jobs made more people aware of pancreatic cancer, but it remains tough to treat.
Read more >Neil Wagner
For most men the risks connected with PSA tests for prostate cancer outweigh the benefits.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Disease clusters were made famous by Erin Brockovich, but they are harder to pinpoint than you might think.
Read more >Susan H. Scher, MD
Pap tests save lives, but new guidelines urge women to be tested less often. It's safer.
Read more >Yevgeniya Ioffe, M.D., and Israel Zighelboim, M.D
Endometrial carcinoma can be detected early if you know what to look for.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Some studies of supplements actually found they increase the risk of death. But it may depend on how you crunch the numbers.
Read more >Beth Fontenot, MS, RD, LDN
Eating a wide variety of plant foods is the best way to fend off the oxidation that "rusts" our cells.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Coffee reduces the risk for cancers — some cancers, anyway. But is coffee always good for you?
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Some of the connections between genes and disease that we accept as fact may not be so strong after all.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
Sun exposure in childhood and adolescence than can set the stage for skin cancers and problems later.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
CT scans can detect lung cancer early and save lives, but there are risks and costs to be weighed.
Read more >Robin Baradarian, M.D., FACG
A primer on colon cancer screening, from virtual colonoscopies to the real thing. Don't sweat it. Do it.
Read more >Jennifer Barrick, M.S., C.G.C., Nancie Petrucelli, M.S., C.G.C., and Michael S. Simon, M.D., M.P.H.
Genetics plays a role in breast cancer risk, so do other hereditary syndromes. Learn what to look for.
Read more >Neil Wagner
CT scans have benefits, but they also have some very real cancer risks.
Read more >Renata Urban, M.D., and Jonathan S. Berek, M.D., M.M.S.
By the time most women seek treatment for epithelial ovarian cancer, the disease has already reached an advanced stage.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
It is important to know if the information you are gathering on the Web is from a credible source.
Read more >Frederick Sweet, Ph.D.
Smoking, Quitting and GeneticsEric Siu, M.Sc., Nael Al Koudsi, H.B.Sc., Man Ki Ho, H.B.Sc., Rachel F. Tyndale, M.Sc., Ph.D
Nicotine's addictive properties are a result of the activation of the special receptors in the brain.
Read more >Susan C. Stewart, M.D.
Modern medicine's battle against cervical cancer is a tale of two worlds.
Read more >Woondong Jeong, M.D., Brier Rolando, M.D., and Robert G. Lerner, M.D.
Woondong Jeong is a hematology/oncology fellow, Brier Rolando is an internal medicine resident and Robert G.
Read more >Dharmen Patel, M.D., Lawrence Shapiro, M.D., and Robert G. Lerner, M.D.
Both women AND men can get breast cancer from inherited breast cancermutations.
Read more >Rami Y. Haddad, M.D.
Earky detection is important for prostate cancer. All men 50+ should havean annual digital rectal exam.
Read more >Manoj Mittal, M.D., and Joseph H. Flaherty, M.D
Sit the terminally ill patient upright if they're having trouble breathing.
Read more >Leo Zacharski, M.D., and Robert G. Lerner, M.D.
Heparin may be the most effective treatment for cancer patients with bloodclots in their legs.
Read more >Robert G. Lerner, M.D.
Testicular cancer is the most common malignancy in young adult males.
Read more >Susan C. Stewart, M.D.
There is an odd perception that colorectal cancer (CRC) is a man's disease.
Read more >Susan C. Stewart, M.D.
Everyone of us has had a friend or relative concerned about their family history of breast cancer.
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