Tag: Cancer

Jimmy Carter says his brain cancer is gone

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 6, 2015 4:53 pm

Maryland Gov. LarryÂ Hogan gave a nod to his staff, saying they ensured the governor's office still got plenty done during his course of treatment.Â (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Md. governor cancer-free

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 16, 2015 9:01 pm

Don’t Be Stampeded Away from Meat

The Scrapbook · November 9, 2015 5:00 am

Here in the U.S., the Independent Payment Advisory Board could soon be responsible for rationing healthcare for our nation's seniors. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Is UK-style cancer drug rationing coming to America soon?

Naomi Lopez, Christina Sandefur · October 27, 2015 4:01 am

Researchers with Oregon State University patented a strain of seaweed that tastes like bacon when you fry it. (iStock photo)

4 alternatives to bacon

Robert King · October 26, 2015 6:37 pm

Research technicians prepare DNA samples in the production lab of the New York Genome Center. The relatively low cost of genomic sequencing is one reason personalized medicine seems promising. (Getty File Photo)

Old drugs may bring new life to cancer patients

Robert King · September 1, 2015 4:01 am

Pictured above is Roche Holding AG's Tarceva cancer drug.Â A new study examined the value of a cancer drug up for approval and found that its price should be linked to the effectiveness of the product.Â (JB Reed/Bloomberg)

Are value studies the cure for high drug prices?

Robert King · August 30, 2015 4:01 am

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced he has cancer and will undergo treatment at an Atlanta hospital. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Carter says cancer has spread to his brain

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 20, 2015 2:49 pm

Biden Considered Resigning Vice Presidency to Help Dying Son

Daniel Halper · August 5, 2015 1:29 am

A bottle and pills of the diabetes drug, Avandia. (Photo by illustration Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Alzheimer’s and diabetes research way behind

Robert King · July 19, 2015 4:01 am

In this file photo, a doctor goes over a patient''s x-ray, screening for colon cancer. There is no single cause of colon cancer. Cancer of the colon and rectum accounts for 15% of cancer deaths. (Photo by American Cancer Society/Getty Images)

Where colon cancer kills the most people

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 8, 2015 4:05 am

Survivors of pediatric cancer are living longer, a new study found. (AP)

Medicare lacks tools for evaluating cancer care

Robert King · June 23, 2015 4:01 am