One in 12 stroke survivors thought about suicide or that they would be better off dead, a troubling federal survey reveals.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Student athletes need access to health care professionals, better-trained coaches and up-to-date equipment, a coalition of
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — In a story Jan.
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A new study shows how important it is for men to carefully consider treatments for early-stage prostate cancer.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A fledgling Texas cancer trials network announced Tuesday that it had shut down after auditors found more than $300,000 in
WASHINGTON (AP) — International scientists who last year halted controversial research with the deadly bird flu say they are resuming their work
Researchers have chosen an experimental drug by Eli Lilly & Co.
NEW HOPE: Drugmakers have been shifting much of their research money away from pills for the millions to rare, often-deadly diseases with few or
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the nearly 30 million Americans who suffer from a rare disease, there's heartening news: Drugmakers have been shifting much o
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't stop the government's funding of embryonic stem cell research, despite some researchers' complaints that
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eli Lilly's experimental Alzheimer's drug has flashed potential to help with mild cases of the disease, but patients and
Breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 1
A look at some facts and figures about Alzheimer's disease, the only illness among the top 10 killers of Americans for which there's no cure or eve
NEW YORK (AP) — Pfizer says that a long-lasting version of its anti-seizure drug Lyrica failed to significantly decrease epilepsy symptoms when
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Want a clue to your risk of heart disease? Look in the mirror.
