Medicine

Many lung cancers are still caught as Marcy Duncan's was: essentially by chance, not by regular 
screening.

Drug shortages deliver `gut punch' to patients unsure if their survival odds will be undercut.

Researchers are striving to understand why men are more likely to be diagnosed and die from many types of cancer.

Versus colonoscopy, a fecal test is easy and affordable. But which method is better at finding colon cancer?

New abortion laws jeopardize cancer treatment for pregnant patients.

The pandemic fueled an upswing in alcohol consumption, but the trend among women is not new, 

Texas clinicians face tough quandaries when treating patients, a scenario that could soon play out elsewhere. 

One Dallas mom spent six months in the hospital, first to treat the virus and later for stroke-related rehabilitation.

Researchers are closer to revamping   dialysis, designing devices  small enough to carry into work or strap around the waist.

Some pregnant women already travel more than an hour and a half to reach the 25-bed hospital.

With home visits and modern technology, physicians in Alabama are overcoming long-held resistance. 

Cardiac arrests are often deadly, even in the hospital. Researchers are learning how to help more people recover. 

Parts of the world are closer to eradicating cervical cancer, but the story is less rosy for some groups, including Latinx. 

Uninsured adults who have cancer — or might, but need testing to be sure — have nearly no access to affordable care.

Sepsis can send a child to the brink of death within hours. A new coalition of hospitals is fighting back. 

Nearly 20 percent of Americans live in rural areas, but only 3 percent of oncologists practice in them.

As telemedicine expands,  some doctors and researchers question to what extent it mirrors in-person treatment.

A controversial study, grounded in intriguing science, provides an option for women at high risk of ovarian cancer.

More people are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer before 50, the recommended age to start screening.

For the last decade, Jan Scheuermann has been unable to move any of the muscles below her neck.