ScienceDaily (July 18, 2009) - Previous studies have found that postmenopausal women who have taken a combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy have increased their risk of developing progestin-accelerated breast tumors.

ScienceDaily (July 17, 2009)-A Baylor University researcher has found a set of genes that modulates stress responses that could cause some people to take drugs, specifically alcohol consumption.

The number of people dying from three of the most common cancers has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 40 years, figures show. UK death rates from breast, bowel, and male lung cancer are at their lowest since 1971.

Roughly a fourth of American women getting early abortions last year did so with drugs rather than surgery, statistics show, as a new study reported improved safety in using the so-called "abortion pill."

ScienceDaily (June 27, 2009)- Researchers from the Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide believe our oldest mammalian relative may help us to better understand ovarian cancer.

Now, after her death Thursday at age 62 from anal cancer, her fight against the illness may help give a face to a potentially stigmatizing condition that can be the result of infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted- - -

Health reporter, BBC News - Lucy Reynolds had no inkling that her long-term partner intended to kill himself. When he drove out to the supermarket Lucy expected him back shortly.

(HealthDay News)-A new cancer drug called olaparib worked well in an early clinical trial against breast, ovarian and prostate cancers in individuals who were genetically vulnerable to developing these malignancies.

Sad news today. We learned that Dr. Jerri Nielsen has passed away. You'll remember the incredible drama that Dr. Nielsen survived.

David Rice Jr. had not even reached his 40th birthday when he found out he had multiple sclerosis. "I was sad. You think about your future, and you think, what's my future going to be?