Was it simply a fluke that he kept treating strikingly young patients? Or was his practice one tiny data point in a larger trend? He found his answer after sifting through national health data: ...

The new national prize will honor an organization, program or idea that significantly impacts health and can be a model for ...

Today, the Kraft Center for Community Health at Mass General Brigham announced the launch of the inaugural Kraft Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Community Health. This national prize seeks to ...

And how do we establish a causal link of this sort—alcohol causing cancer—when there are so many psychological factors intervening? The Surgeon General's report makes a surprisingly weak case ...

Stacker compiled the counties with the highest cancer rates in Massachusetts using data from the CDC. Keep reading to see where in your state cancer cases are the most common.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., noted that inspectors general are “critical to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse throughout the federal government." The mass firings were "alarming,” she said.

A few months later, she learned the mass was Stage 1 lung cancer. “I thought there would be a gazillion other illnesses that I might have to encounter in my future,” the now 43-year-old from ...

A few months later, she learned the mass was Stage 1 lung cancer. “I thought there would be a gazillion other illnesses that I might have to encounter in my future,” the now 43-year-old from Florida ...

The Surgeon General’s 20,000 deaths figure is based on a research brief titled “Reducing Alcohol Use to Prevent Cancer Deaths: Estimated Effects Among U.S. Adults” by Marissa Esser et al., ...

Earlier this month, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a new advisory linking alcohol to seven different types of cancer. “Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer ...