Diseases & Conditions

8+ hour, 29+ min ago   (298+ words) In the United States, uterine cancer is the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer for women, and in 2025, there were more than 69,000 new cases of uterine cancer and nearly 14,000 deaths. Because EC accounts for about 90% of uterine cancer diagnoses, increasing awareness…...

8+ hour, 29+ min ago   (1300+ words) It began when Lisa felt a random, jarring “pop” in the lower left side of her stomach. It was forceful enough to send her to the emergency room. A computed tomography (CT) scan resulted in an initial diagnosis of diverticulitis,…...

30+ min ago   (480+ words) September 21, 2026 — 10:59am Magda Szubanski, the comedian famous for the Kath & Kim character Sharon Strzelecki, has revealed that, while she is in remission, the cancer she recently battled was “incurable” and likely to return. In a 60 Minutes interview on Sunday night, the…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago   (35+ words) The beloved comedian speaks to 60 Minutes about her cancer diagnosis and her upcoming memoir. September 21, 2026 — 10:23am...

9+ hour, 32+ min ago   (359+ words) Alex Rowan is 22, completing nursing school and training for a second marathon while being treated for high-grade astrocytoma with piloid features, a rare and aggressive brain tumor. She has continued running during radiation and chemotherapy, wearing the words “Lift the…...

2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (189+ words) UTICA, N.Y. -- Upstate Caring Partners brought the community together for its annual National Down Syndrome Buddy Walk. The walk was held Sunday morning at the Mohawk Valley Community College campus... -- Upstate Caring Partners brought the community together for its annual National…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (325+ words) Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical said ​on Thursday it ​has set a U.S. list price of $3.95 million for its newly approved gene therapy Fayuvi, launching one of the world's most expensive drugs as a one-time treatment for a rare, fatal ⁠childhood ‌disease. The U....

4+ min ago   (665+ words) Alabama sits at the center of one of the most stubborn cancer inequity crises in the United States....

9+ min ago   (70+ words) Liver cancer rarely arises in a healthy organ. In most cases, hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of primary liver cancer, develops after years of chronic injury, and one of the fastest-growing routes to this endpoint is metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis,…...

16+ min ago   (55+ words) When bacteria invade the body, macrophages are among the first defenders on the scene. These immune cells engulf pathogens, sound inflammatory alarms, and coordinate the broader antimicrobial response. Yet the way macrophages reprogram their internal machinery during infection has remained…...