Tamoxifen is often administered to women after surgery for breast cancer in the hope it will diminish the chance of recurrence but, other than the test of time, there has been little opportunity to know …

Adolescent substance abuse is a problem in many parts of the world, particularly so in the United States, where almost 50% of all high school students admit trying at least one illegal drug before graduation …

The conclusion from two massive studies of the possibility that antioxidant supplements might ward off prostate cancer was so rock solid that the research teams released their findings way ahead of schedule, citing public health …

Oh, mosquitoes!  Everybody hates them.  They buzz, they bite, they itch, and they’ve ruined as many picnics as those pesky ants have.  Mosquitoes are much worse than a mere nuisance, however.  They carry a parasite …

Marilyn Monroe had one and it drove men crazy.  Women everywhere wanted an hourglass figure just like hers.  Many of them still do.  A recent scientific study, however, suggests that same curvy figure may not …

Remember the children’s song that says “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands?”  A new scientific study says that even when friends of our friends’ friends are happy, there’s cause for applause.  …

“The genomics revolution is here,” according to Dr. James Meigs and, with it, the hope that medical diagnostics and treatments will be revolutionized accordingly.  Two recently published studies, however, suggest the current means of detecting …

A. Hope Jahren, a University of Hawaii geography and geophysics professor, went on a shopping spree that started in Los Angeles and ended in Boston, with stops in San Francisco, Denver, Detroit, and Baltimore in …

Like the Marlboro Man and martini-swilling TV characters of a couple of decades ago, some advocates for children’s nutritional health would like to see the king of burgers and his clownish golden-arched competition disappear from …

Medical history is dotted with stories of cancers vanishing without a trace and without any treatment, either.  Once considered medical oddities, a new study suggests more cancers go away without treatment than would be expected.  …