This entertaining and informative book describes how living things bump up against non-biological reality. "My immodest aim," says the author, "is to change how you view your immediate surroundings." ...

What are the key challenges in anticancer drug development, and how might they be addressed? The past three decades have seen spectacular advances in our understanding of the molecular and ...

"The Krebiozen Hoax: How a Mysterious Cancer Drug Shook Organized Medicine," a new book by Matthew C. Ehrlich, a professor emeritus of journalism at the U. of I., examines the controversial drug's ...

The FDA has approved a new drug called zolbetuximab designed to attack a novel target that’s in a type of stomach cancer.

A drug used by cancer patients may make chemotherapies less effective in patients with obesity — but many doctors are in the ...

It also seemed to make cancer cells extra sensitive to chemotherapy drugs. In one mouse study, scientists grafted human breast, prostate, or lung cancer cells into the animals and treated them ...

By Tasman Tobey Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. 5 Books to Read About Policing Before You Vote ...

For example, newspapers, books or electronic devices can all help to pass the time. You can usually bring a friend or family member with you. You have some types of chemotherapy over several days. You ...

Together, you and your doctor will decide when to start chemotherapy, which drugs to use, and a schedule for taking them. Ask what side effects you can expect from the medication. You get ...

In our studies, we found that aneuploidy increases the sensitivity of cancer cells to certain types of anticancer drugs." The ...

The book highlights 10 outrageous wrongful convictions and issues within the American legal system. In the sixth book in the series, LAPD detective Renée Ballard reopens a 20-year-old cold case ...

Three new books make the case for music as medicine. In “The Schubert Treatment,” the most lyrical of the trio, a cellist takes us bedside with the sick and the dying. Three new books make the ...