Dana Mount only found out that sh had the so-called "breast cancer gene" after she was diagnosed with cancer.
Jeremy Hill Jr. is struggling to stay alive as he battles a rare genetic disorder called Adrenoleukodystrophy. His wish to meet the president and convince him to make a law to screen newborns for the disease.
Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results.
New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies - bed rest - doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk.
Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn.
The government has halted a study testing treatments for a brain condition that can cause strokes after early results suggested invasive therapies were riskier than previously thought.
Officials in charge of three key international treaties said delegates agreed by consensus to a gradual phase out of the flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane, or HBCD, which is used in building insulation, furniture, vehicles and electronics.
Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul
There is a pain so intense, so excruciating, that people who suffer from it are known to take their own lives.
A chemical threat lies hidden in millions of American homes, and top government scientists believe it could be killing cats.
Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found.
The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a new once-a-day inhaler drug from GlaxoSmithKline for patients with chronic lung disease.
A Food and Drug Administration investigation into the safety of caffeine-added foods has prompted Wrigley to take its new caffeinated gum off the market for the time being.
Christina Dewey insists what happened to her should never happen to anyone. When she got sick from chemotherapy, she asked her boss for some flexibility in her work schedule. A day later, she was fired.
Local researchers are scanning college students’ social media sites to identify which will become alcoholics later in life.
'I would have absolutely had both my breasts removed' (Video)
Boy fights for change in face of rare, debilitating disease (Video)
Women have new options for breast cancer surgery
Study questions if bed rest prevents premature birth
Huge drug cost disparities seen in health overhaul
Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls
Obama to promote benefits of health care law
Sufferers seek relief from debilitating pain of 'suicide disease' (Video)
Scientists: Ubiquitous household chemical could be killing cats (Video)
Study: Fish oil doesn't help prevent heart attacks
Wrigley pulls new caffeinated gum after FDA investigation
Breast cancer victim asks job for schedule flexibility, gets fired (Video)
Can Facebook be used to find young alcoholics?