Before, cancer is believed to be based more on luck than genes or lifestyle. A landmark study involving twins, however, suggests one should never downplay genes.
Research in mice has uncovered a hormone that appears to help regulate cravings for sugar and alcohol, which could help people deal with obesity or diabetes.
A large British study has found that women who were unhappy tended to be those who were unhealthy, but that unhappiness by itself was not linked to higher mortality.
An Ohio cardiologist is expected to spend 20 years of his life in a federal prison after he was found guilty of money laundering, falsifying documents, and fraud in September.
A new report suggests that former president Jimmy Carter’s melanoma treatment works, this time for hard-to-treat advanced lung cancer. In fact, it provides more benefit than chemotherapy.
