Men largely make decisions about prostate cancer screening based on conversations with their clinicians, but these discussions often do not include information about the risks of testing in addition to the benefits, according to a report in the 28 Se...

A new study provides welcome news for patients with a common clotting disorder known as venous thromboembolism (VTE)...

In an encouraging new development, a team led by Scripps Research Institute scientists has restored partial function to lung cells collected from patients with cystic fibrosis. While there is still much work to be done before the therapy can be tested...

Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that the loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity. This is the first study to show that this kind of genetic alteration can cause obesity. The results are published in Nature...

Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers at the Slone Epidemiology Centre found that black women with high intake of dairy products have a reduced incidence of uterine leiomyomata (fibroids). This report, based on the Black Women's...

A new three-drug combination has shown in a phase 1/2 clinical trial that it is a 'highly effective regimen' in the treatment of patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of white blood cells in bone marrow, say researchers from...