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Cancer Deaths Hit Lowest Rate In 25 Years

Health Better prevention and early diagnosis have played a big part The number of people dying from cancer every year has dropped to its lowest rate since 1991, according to a new study. The number of...

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The Confounding Commandments Of Cancer Screening

Health Why do the guidelines seem so contradictory, and how can we make sense of them? Recently, the American Cancer Society changed its breast cancer screening guidelines; the U.S. Preventative...

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It’s Not Just Meat: Carbs Can Raise Cancer Risk, Too

Health But we still don't know how People who regularly consumed sugary drinks were three times more likely to develop prostate cancer, and processed carbohydrates like pizza and hamburgers doubled...

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Exploring Breast Cancer Cells In Virtual Reality Could Help Fight The Disease

Health Just don't forget to dodge incoming particles A team at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, designed a VR simulation to explore cancer cells.

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A new microscope uses light to "cut" through tissue samples and find cancer

Health It could help surgeons remove cancerous breast tissues all at once. A new microscope lets doctors see cancer tumors in 3D. Read on.

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To support breast cancer research, skip pink ribbons and check out these...

Health Spend your dollars on research that might actually save lives. Your money is valuable, and it should go to a charity that’s going to do some good with it. As a high profile disease, breast...

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What you should know about birth control and breast cancer

Health A new study has mostly just confirmed what we already knew. Given that about a quarter of all women in the U.S. use some kind of hormonal birth control, this sounds like a huge public health...

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23andMe can now test for BRCA mutations. Here's what you need to know.

Health There's only so much the test can actually tell you about breast cancer. You can buy your BRCA test online and get results a few months later—without seeing a genetic counselor or doctor. But...

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The FDA is finally updating its decades-old mammogram standards

Health Radiologists must now report a patient's breast density, which can complicate diagnosis. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week that it is proposing regulations which would...

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You might not need a mammogram until you turn 50

Health The American College of Physicians updated its guidelines for the still controversial screening test. The American College of Physicians updated its recommendations for mammograms this week,...

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