It had been a long four years since that July night when Marianne Sarcich first felt the lump in her right breast as she toweled off from a shower. Breast cancer. The cancer was caught early enough that...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine used an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to sift through terabytes of gene expression data—which genes are “on”...

DR PHILIPPA KAYE: Why are so many patients left for DECADES on heartburn tablets that raise the risk of brittle bones? Heartburn is a horrible problem. It’s a bit like back pain – if you are lucky...

Researchers at the University of York are calling for more reliable methods for predicting which patients are at high risk of relapsing into depression following a period of recovery. At least half of...

Researchers at Penn Medicine have identified more genetic mutations that strongly predispose younger, otherwise healthy women to peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a rare condition characterized by weakness...

University of Virginia Health System, which for years has sued thousands of patients annually for unpaid bills, said Monday it will cancel a massive backlog of court judgments and liens resulting from...

Oncologists faced with treating older women with breast cancer often must decide if the treatment may be more detrimental than the cancer. A study published today in JAMA Network Open by researchers at...

Medical research very rarely has a single end point. There is often no final answer, or silver bullet, the science just continues to evolve, and with it, there will always be more to do, understand and...

Because people with heart disease are likely to experience complications from COVID-19, Rush cardiologists are encouraging their patients to get the COVID-19 vaccine when they are eligible. “I strongly...

New research from the University at Buffalo suggests that breast cancer patients who drink sugar-sweetened beverages regularly are at increased risk for death from any cause and breast cancer in particular. Compared...