Cachexia is a metabolic disorder that causes uncontrolled weight loss and muscle wasting in chronic diseases and cancer.

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and the National University Health System (NUHS), together with an international team ...

Cancer is one of the most complex and challenging diseases known to medicine. It occurs when abnormal cells in the body begin to grow uncontrollably, spreading into surrounding tissues or organs.

Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the United States, but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in part because early symptoms can be mild and easily missed. “Colon cancer ...

This sexually transmitted infection is almost entirely preventable. Here's what experts say you really need to know to ...

Women’s reproductive health is impacted significantly with their busy lifestyles. A few bad habits can discreetly influence ...

Cervical cancer often begins without obvious signs, and many symptoms, like unusual bleeding, pelvic discomfort or changes in ...

A large-scale study has identified dozens of blood proteins linked to prostate cancer risk, some shared across populations, ...

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a major source of cancer that’s now almost entirely preventable through vaccination. But sobering research out today shows that Americans are largely in the dark ...

During January, which is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, consider this fact: HPV, or human papillomavirus, causes ...

Cancer is still the most common cause of death for men in the US ages 60 to 79 and women ages 40 to 79. For all adults ...