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In a study published Monday in the journal Cancer Cell, the authors from Queen Mary University of London describe how melanoma cells fight anti-cancer drugs by changing their internal skeleton, or cytoskeleton....Read More

People with a type of throat cancer caused by human papillomavirus appear to have a better chance at surviving the disease than those with other types of tumors, a new study has found....Read More

Nearly 10 million Americans have been sickened by the flu virus so far this winter, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....Read More

In an analysis of nearly 400,000 opioid-linked fatalities, the authors found states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act saw 6 percent fewer deaths since 2014 than those that didn’t....Read More

As many as one in four children with autism go undiagnosed — and, the majority of those in whom the disorder is missed are black or Hispanic....Read More

Researchers found that those with a history of heart failure, atrial fibrillation, coronary heart disease and stroke were 10 times more likely to develop kidney failure than those without cardiovascular disease...Read More

Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania may have found a safe and effective way to deliver an entire course of radiation therapy in less than a second, using FLASH radiotherapy....Read More

Alcohol-related deaths in the United States have doubled in the past two decades, a study published on Wednesday contends....Read More

Some kidneys for transplant which are currently discarded as unusable — such as those with acute kidney injury — can be safely and effectively transplanted, according to a new study....Read More

Roughly 1 in 10 American kids receives medication or testing they don’t need, according to a new analysis, including antibiotics for colds and babies who receive cold medicine or acid-blockers for uncomplicated reflux....Read More