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The Shell Norco refinery in Norco, Louisiana, Thursday, March 8, 2018.
Health & Medicine
A new interactive map can help assess carcinogenic emissions risk
Descendants of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells, known as HeLa cells, have been used in medical research without her permission, say a prayer with attorneys outside the federal courthouse in Baltimore
Health & Medicine
Henrietta Lacks’ biographer: ‘So much of science started with her cells’
Farmer Pepe Casanas poses with a scorpion near his armpit in Los Palacios, Cuba.
Health & Medicine
Scorpion venom? This Cuban farmer swears by it.
Organic vegetables in the supermarket
Health & Medicine
A new study strongly suggests eating a diet of organic foods can lower cancer rates
The Rumney Marsh, a haven to both birds and fish, sits in a highly industrial area north of Boston. For decades, the marsh's welfare has been in jeopardy due to its close proximity to an incinerator.
Residents worry Massachusetts waste incinerator is contaminating waterways
In a recent study, researchers found that naked mole rats appear to defy the traditional laws of aging.
Health
Looking for the fountain of youth? Try looking in the tunnels inhabited by naked mole rats
Professor Ketan Patel works in the lab at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, Britain, Jan. 2, 2018.
Health
Alcohol damages stem cell DNA and increases cancer risk
A medical worker explains a family planning method using the Intra Uterine device (IUD) to housewives in a local government health center in Navotas, Manila, March 3, 2011.
Health
A new study finds IUDs dramatically reduce the risk of cervical cancer
Maryam Mirzakhani
Leaders
Iranian newspapers honor math ‘genius’ Maryam Mirzakhani — some with pictures of her without a hijab
Hematopoietic blood cells
Medicine
Blood-forming stem cells likely hold the key to curing many types of disease
Vice President Joe Biden (L) meets with (C-R) Dr. Bruce Levine, Dr. Carl June, and University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann while touring the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine and Abramson Cancer Center. During the State of t
Health
Are we getting close to the ‘death’ of cancer?
South Window
Environment
Why we all should be worried that we don’t get enough darkness in our lives
baby on floor
Environment
Exposure to insecticides may increase the risk of childhood cancers
Baby powder commercial
Health
Women are suing Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder
A still from "That Dragon, Cancer."
Culture
How a child’s struggle with cancer became an affecting video game
Doctor with stethoscope
Medicine
Want to be healthier? Try seeing your doctor less
William Rogers
Health
For men with prostate cancer, being black is a deadly complication
Fashioning Cancer
Lifestyle
A Canadian prof designs gowns inspired by cancer cells
Pat Colin, a marine scientist at the Coral Reef Research Foundation, explores the waters off of the Pacific island nation of Palau for organisms to send to the National Cancer Institute in the U.S.
Environment
Scientists search Palau’s coral reefs for new anti-cancer drugs
Health & Medicine
Best care for ovarian cancer poses problems for patients
Health & Medicine
Cancer’s New Battleground: Infectious diseases a leading cancer cause
Health & Medicine
Cancer’s New Battleground: In Haiti, breast cancer presents stark choices
Health & Medicine
Cancer’s New Battleground: In Uganda, Jackson Orem fighting to establish cancer care
Cancer charities raise money, not for research
Health & Medicine
Breath test detects diabetes, cancer and other diseases
Health & Medicine
Genetically tailored virus may cure leukemia
Health & Medicine
Mammograms around the world
Health & Medicine
Cell phone use and cancer
Health & Medicine
Effectiveness of colonoscopy screening
Your Experiences with Genetic Testing and Reactions to Angelina Jolie’s Preventative Mastectomy
Arts, Culture & Media
Angelina Jolie’s Mastectomy and the Fight Against Breast Cancer in the Arab World
Is Angelina Jolie’s Medical Choice Available to All Women?
Health & Medicine
Tobacco’s Shifting Burden: From the Rich to the Poor
Dr. Jackson Orem
Health & Medicine
Part I: Cancer’s Lonely Soldier
Clinic in Haiti
Health & Medicine
Part II: Pink Ribbons to Haiti
A young Burkitt's lymphoma patient.
Health & Medicine
Part IV: The Infectious Connection
Humor in Dark Places: The Comedy of Cancer
Health & Medicine
WHO: Fumes from Diesel Exhaust Cause Cancer
Humor in Dark Places: The Comedy of Cancer
Cancer as Silent Killer in ‘Memoir of a Debulked Woman’
Cancer Veteran or Cancer Survivor?
A Gravel Danger
Skin Cancer on the Rise
Cleveland Cancer Cluster
Who Owns Life?
Breast Cancer Link
Winning the War On Cancer?
Cancer-Causing Chemicals
Air Pollution & Brain Cancer
Health Note/Chemo-Prevention
Cancer Causes
Health Note/CA Cancer Registry
Toms River
Health & Medicine
New guidelines on prostate cancer stoke controversy
Global Politics
When health care science and intuition collide
Environment
A Cancer ‘Vaccine,’ But What About Other Research?
Environment
Startling studies reveal little use for prostate screening tests
Environment
Colonoscopy more likely to catch cancer on your left side
Health & Medicine
Going on the offensive with breast cancer
Global Politics
Mammograms around the world