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Why radiation protection experts are concerned over EPA proposal

By Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, The Conversation

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency solicited the advice of a controversial toxicologist, Edward Calabrese, to consider changes to how it regulates radiation.

Trump's EPA is moving to weaken regulation on radiation exposure

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The Trump administration is turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight.

James Allison and Tasuku Honjo, cancer immunotherapy trailblazers, take home 2018 Nobel Prize in medicine

By Nsikan Akpan

James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize in in Medicine for a branch of medicine that calls on our immune systems to fight tumors.

George Gershwin's too-short life ended on a blue note

By Dr. Howard Markel

The cause of his untimely death was most likely glioblastoma, the same type of brain cancer that killed Senators Edward M. Kennedy in 2009 and John McCain this September.

Does formaldehyde cause leukemia? A delayed EPA report may hold the answer

By Amanda Grennell

An EPA report on formaldehyde, more than a decade in the making, still hasn't been released to the public.

Why aren't more Americans getting screened for these cancers?

By Laura Santhanam

Breast, cervical, colorectal and prostate cancer accounted for four out of 10 new cancer diagnoses and a fifth of all cancer deaths in recent years, the CDC says in a new report.

For terminally ill cancer patients, where you live can shape end-of-life care

By Laura Santhanam

A study from Harvard Medical School suggests better conversations about end-of-life care could help close the gap.

New approach to breast cancer screening — tailoring guidelines for each patient — may save lives and money, study says

By Orly Nadell Farber, STAT

A new study suggests that women might benefit from individualized approaches to mammograms rather than from universal guidelines.

Many early-stage breast cancer patients can skip chemo, major study finds

By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer

The study is the largest ever done of breast cancer treatment, and the results are expected to spare up to 70,000 patients a year in the United States and many more elsewhere the ordeal and expense of these drugs.

This digital pill wants to make following your prescription easier

By Cat Wise

Most adults say they struggle with remembering to take their prescriptions. A nationwide study is testing a pill with an ingestible sensor that tracks medication adherence from inside the body.