A recently announced University of Maryland partnership aims to enhance cancer screening and early detection, leading to earlier diagnoses and more treatment options.
The mission continues for breast cancer survivor and D.C. native Carolyn Keller, founder of EBeauty Community, which provides free wigs to cancer patients.
Giving birth can be beautiful, difficult, exciting … the list goes on and on. A new study funded by Columbia University found that, for some new moms, the experience can also be frustrating and demoralizing.
D.C.-based biotech company Vanda Pharmaceuticals saw its stock jump after a drug was approved by the Food and Drug Administration to be used as a treatment for bipolar disorder.
Between January 2023 and mid-March, more than 14,300 Black kidney transplant candidates have had their wait times modified, by an average of two years, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing.
A study by Kaiser Permanente Northern California looked at data from more than 430,000 people over a four-year span. It found that women who have more than one alcoholic drink per day are more likely to be diagnosed with coronary heart…
Frank McKenna was in incredible physical shape in 2016, with more than 25 years as a personal trainer in Virginia Beach, Virginia — then he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer that had spread to his bones. Now he's helping fellow cancer…
Women who have no known risk factors are twice as likely than men to get lung cancer, according to advocates, who will be lobbying on Capitol Hill for increased funding and research.
Women giving birth in the U.S. are now three times more likely to have syphilis than they were in 2016, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.
Dr. Ebony Hoskins, a board-certified gynecologic oncologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, said patients with access to clinical trials can have better chances of survival of endometrial cancer.