Health

Treatment isn’t always needed for older male patients with prostate cancer and a short life expectancy, according to researchers at the Yale School of Medicine.

Help could be on the way for cancers previously deemed untreatable: an experimental drug targets not only tumors but also how they spread through the body.

Cancer rates for lung, prostate and colon cancer has dropped significantly for men in the United States, according to the latest Cancer Facts & Figures report from the American Cancer Society.

Metabolic syndrome does not raise a mans risk of developing prostate cancer overall, but does raise their risk of aggressive prostate cancer, according to a report presented at the 27th Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology.

Early in December, 23-year-old model Lauren Scruggs stepped in front of a propeller plane while the propeller was still spinning. In that instant, her life changed forever. The Texas model and blogger lost her left eye in the accident, but was recently seen in public last week with her prosthetic eye for the first time.

A study, conducted by pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma Europe LTD, found when compared to patients prescribed a placebo, an investigational drug extended life by almost five months in men with advanced prostate cancer who already underwent chemotherapy treatment.

The parents of a child born with cystic fibrosis say they would have terminated the pregnancy had they known of the genetic disorder.

Adolescents are sometimes known for being mopey and melodramatic, but mental health experts say dark status updates on Facebook shouldn’t be ignored — they could be a sign of depression.

For years scientists have tried to uncover why memory loss increases with age. While previous research has attributed it to heart disease, high cholesterol, obesity and inactivity, researchers at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, have gathered a provocative body of evidence that suggests that the aging of the eye could be the culprit.

In reaction to a threat, our brains set off a chain of biochemical reactions that result in the release of cortisol — the body’s stress hormone — from the adrenal glands. Researchers have now discovered a switch in the brain for regulating this process, which could hold great promise for people suffering from stress-related neurological disorders.