It's five years since my breast cancer diagnosis and I have ­something to confess. It has taken all this time to admit to myself that I have another lump I need to deal with.

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Portable ultrasound device from MIT could enable at-home breast monitoring. Weighs just over 1 pound, matches hospital imaging performance.

A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite affecting up to one-third of the global population, is far more complex than previously ...

There are times when what someone finds in their breast—whether a lump, discharge, pain, or skin changes—isn’t cancer. Until a diagnosis is made, however, it can be a very anxious time for the patient ...

Technological advances in cancer screenings help lower the number of cancer deaths. That's according to the latest report from the American Cancer Society, which also attributes better treatments to a ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a go-to tool in health care, helping clinicians such as radiologists make diagnoses and personalize care. But what do patients think about this? In a recent ...

CAUSING QUITE THE SLOWDOWN FOR DRIVERS. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS TALK WITH YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT WHAT’S BEST FOR YOU. BUT RIGHT NOW IT’S STANDARD TO ...

Tailgut cysts often present asymptomatically or with nonspecific symptoms. While commonly benign, they may in rare cases be malignant, often transforming into adenocarcinoma. We present a 68-year-old ...

Nancy Preston didn’t have a heart attack. Nor did she have chest discomfort, shortness of breath or heart palpitations — all symptoms of heart disease. Instead, a routine mammogram led to Preston ...

Routine mammograms are best known as a front-line tool for detecting breast cancer. But new research suggests the same X-ray images may also offer an early warning sign for cardiovascular disease—the ...