When other treatments don't work for colorectal cancer patients, a new medication might.

New strategies may be needed to curb harmful alcohol use, especially in low-income countries.

Your ethnicity may be a factor in your cancer risk.

In the hunt for potential risk factors for two types of brain tumors, obesity may be a suspect.

The Mediterranean diet has long been promoted as a heart-healthy way of eating. But, for women, there may now be another good reason to adopt this diet.

Many of the deaths that occur around the world today may be preventable.

A medication commonly prescribed to treat fungal infections in lung transplant recipients may wind up posing some unexpected risks.

It can be a lifesaving treatment, but chemotherapy can have severe side effects. A newly approved medication, however, might help fight some of those side effects.

Beta blockers are a class of heart medications that treat high blood pressure. But for some patients, they may have other lifesaving benefits.

Young breast cancer patients commonly have fertility concerns, and those concerns may affect their decisions about treatment.