In the fall of 2022, when I was 42 and living with my wife and three young kids in a small town in northwest Minnesota, a specialist at an unfamiliar hospital approached us with some test results. He ...

New research in the March 2026 issue of JNCCN-Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network suggests that exercise may help people with cancer stay mentally sharp and better able to handle ...

The arterial vasculature is the second most frequently calcified structure in the human body after the skeleton. Calcification of the aorta and aortic valves occurs in most individuals in westernized ...

Claire Dougherty, 22, experienced severe neck and ear pain whenever she drank alcohol. She later discovered it was a side effect of Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

Scientists at MIT and Stanford have unveiled a promising new way to help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells more effectively. Their strategy targets a hidden “off switch” that tumors ...

The international group of experts, including Professor John Bridgewater (UCL Cancer Institute), is calling for rapid ...

Emma Operacz was diagnosed with a rare cancer at 21. An unusual treatment and bone marrow donation from her sister saved her ...

Six cancer types are rising faster in younger adults than in those who are older in at least five countries, a new study of global cancer incidence shows, and two types—colorectal and uterine—are ...

The National Cancer Institute, the federal research agency charged with leading the war against the nation’s second-largest killer, is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to ...

I specialize in treating people who are immunocompromised from leukemia or other cancers affecting the cells of the bone marrow. Recently, I was reviewing the medications one of my patients was taking ...

Scientists have long observed that cancer patients have a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease. New research reveals a possible reason why. These brain scans of a 74-year-old patient with Alzheimer's ...

Surprising way cancer cells clear problematic proteins in the brain For some time, we've known that it's rare to see people with both cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Now, scientists believe they may ...