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NEW ORLEANS -- An evaluation of breast cancer patients enrolled in Medicaid showed that states that expanded Medicaid during 2011...

NEW ORLEANS -- A culturally tailored multilevel strategy designed to remove barriers to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among low-income, mostly...

NEW ORLEANS -- An interactive online LGBT cultural competency training program for oncologists may be acceptable, feasible, and improve LGBT-related...

NEW ORLEANS --Latinos in the United States experienced an overall increased risk of cancer death with each generation born in...

NEW ORLEANS -- African-Americans caring for loved ones with cancer were less likely than their white peers to report distress...

Ageing and a low life expectancy are caused, at least partly, by oxidative stress. A team of researchers led by...

Regular cytology screening (pap or smear test) is still the most commonly used HPV screening method, and can prevent cancers...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- College students who drink alcohol don't typically intend to drink to the point that they "black out,"...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Molecular virologist Chad Petit, Ph.D., uses basic science to fight influenza -- through experiments at...

Electrodes are placed on the patient's chest area to record cardiac electrical activity - e.g. to determine whether the heart...

Credit: UIC/Monika Marko and TJ Crawford Although up to 20 percent of adolescents experience a depressive episode each year, the...

Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Ubadah Sabbagh, a doctoral student in Virginia Tech's Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH)...

The world's largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain does has been...

The Allen Institute today debuted the 2018 Next Generation Leaders, a group of six early-career neuroscientists who will participate in...

Leaders from Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and Novartis announced today a new collaboration to work together to...

To live successfully and independently, older adults need to be able to manage two different levels of life skills: basic...

Credit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - The trick to boosting crops in drought-prone, food-insecure areas of West Africa...

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - November 2, 2018 -The key economic indicators for Americans with disabilities continued to...

Bottom Line: Treatment in intensive care units (ICUs) is driven by urgency rather than economic considerations. Many clinicians have been...

Bottom Line: This study analyzed data for about 6,400 patients who had heart attacks to compare black and white patients...