The Mechanisms for Novel and Established Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Women of Nigerian Descent (MEND) study was designed as a matched case-control study of 350 patients, age 18 to 75 years, with ...

At a New Jersey hospital, treating 29 patients with multiple recurrent CDI cases resulted in a net loss of more than $2.2 million over 4 years.

The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) this week reported a pertussis (whopping cough) death in an infant younger than 2 months old who was too young to be vaccinated. Officials said the ...

An epidemiology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) discussed a population-based study she ...

Self-reported perinatal exposures to chemicals or pollutant sources in case–control studies of birth defects may be inaccurate due to misreporting among mothers. In a case–control study of neural tube ...

Overall, specific lipids and amino acids were indicated as the most common metabolite classes associated with breast cancer development. However, comparison of results across studies is challenging ...

Breast cancer remains the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death among women worldwide, with ...

Overall melanoma risk was lowered by more than 50% among those who had received four or more tattoo sessions or had three or more large tattoos. HealthDay News — Higher tattoo exposure may be ...

The International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR) holds a biennial meeting that alternates between venues in North America and Europe. The Society's 15th meeting, held in ...