LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — October is known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month to help call attention to the fact that breast cancer accounts for 30% of all new female cancers each year. Since that's the ...

CHICAGO --- Some leaders in health care have called for an end to annual health check visits, saying they're a waste of time for patients and overworked primary care physicians and don't reduce the ...

The monsoon season, although providing much-needed reprieve from the blazing summer heat, also brings a slew of health issues. Increased humidity, stagnant water and fluctuating temperatures promote ...

Patients who have undergone a full course of curative-intent cancer treatment are often monitored for years with imaging scans and blood tests to identify recurrences early. For some solid tumors, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lower overall mortality, but not melanoma-specific mortality, was associated with melanoma diagnosed through ...

Do primary care health checks save lives? On the face of it, it may seem like a no-brainer, and a study published today looking at UK check-ups suggests they do. Unfortunately, that conclusion may be ...

With the chilly weather in the air, summer may feel like a distant memory. However, as people begin to enjoy sweater weather, experts in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Surgery ...