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Amanda Knox, the 23-year-old American college student who was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Italy in 2007, allegedly after an orgy gone wrong, got good news this week. Independent experts working on her ongoing appeal said that the traces of DNA used to convict Knox may have been contaminated and [...]
In women’s ongoing dilemma over when to start routine mammogram screening for breast cancer, a large new, longitudinal study may add a wrinkle.
In an unusual tactic, The Spine Journal has dedicated its June issue to a series of papers that carefully reject previous research supporting the use of Infuse, a controversial, but popular bone growth product commonly used in spinal fusion surgeries.
Amid the many battles the United States is fighting — in Libya, with Congress, in Afghanistan, to name a few — there’s another costly war going on at home: against Americans’ expanding waistlines.
Commitment can be a scary word. But if you want to teach your child how to love well, new research suggests being a supportive mom is key.
There are only a few cancer diagnoses more terrifying than lung cancer. The disease is responsible for about one-third of all U.S. cancer deaths every year and only 15% of people diagnosed with it live more than five years. These daunting statistics are why U.S. medical professionals have been trying since the 1960s to come [...]
(Updated) Could radiation from full-body scanners be responsible for a “cancer cluster” among airport security workers? That’s what Transportation Security Administration union representatives in Boston have claimed.
Vote by an FDA advisory panel on Wednesday to withdraw the cancer drug Avastin's approval for the treatment of advanced breast cancer. The final decision now lies with FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. In a unanimous decision, the federal panel agreed that studies show Avastin has no benefit as a breast-cancer drug and that its risks [...]
Serious, chronic pain affects at least 116 million Americans each year, many of whom are inadequately treated by the health-care system, according to a new report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The report offers a blueprint for addressing what it calls a “public health crisis” of pain.
Percent increase in U.S. beach closure and advisory days from 2009 to 2010 due to water contamination, according to a new report on beach water quality from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The agency says much of the pollution comes from storm water runoff and sewage overflows. Check out the NRDC's five-star rating guide [...]
