Archive: 11/08/2014
US lung cancer rates vary by subtype, sex, race/ethnicity, and age
A new analysis confirms that US lung cancer rates are declining overall, but it also uncovers previously unrecognized trends related to cancer subtype, sex, race/ethnicity, and age. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed ...
Aug 11, 2014
Can alcohol release the 'beast within' in spiritual people
Often, research findings reflect the scientist's and the public's expectations. Sometimes, they come close. Other times, research results simply astound everyone.
Aug 11, 2014
Studying the changes that cells and tissue undergo when a stent is introduced
One of the biggest risks associated with a stent—a small mesh tube inserted into a clogged artery to open it—is that the blockage will return, sometimes with serious or fatal consequences, a condition known as restenosis.
Aug 11, 2014