“Pelvic floor therapy is like physical therapy to strengthen all the muscles and tissues in your pelvis that can become weak ...

Standing at just 5 feet 1 inch tall, Carol Johnson-Cromer is a force of nature, radiating energy, resilience, and an ...

Reduce your other risk factors. Tobacco and alcohol use are some of the strongest lifestyle risk factors for head and neck cancer. In a recent study, tobacco use increased the risk of developing ...

Some men might also inherit a family cancer syndrome that increases their cancer risk. For instance, Lynch syndrome can put ...

As an Associate Scientist I in Data Analysis within Population Science, Kara Beck, MS, works with American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers and outside collaborators to conduct statistical analyses to ...

Consider sunscreen as one part of your overall skin cancer protection plan, year-round, especially if staying in the shade and wearing protective clothing aren’t available as your first options.

Chemotherapy — often called “chemo” — can be difficult on the body, including the heart. “Cancer therapies can cause a broad spectrum of cardiovascular diseases,” said Joerg Herrmann, MD, a ...

Polyps are common in people who do not have FAP, but people with FAP have many more polyps at younger ages than would be expected. People with FAP can develop hundreds or thousands of polyps, where ...

La anemia es una enfermedad en la que no hay suficientes glóbulos rojos (RBC, por sus siglas en inglés) en la sangre. Los glóbulos rojos tienen una proteína rica en hierro que se llama hemoglobina ...

A neoplasm is an abnormal growth of cells in the body. It happens when the body’s normal process of making and replacing cells doesn’t work as it should. When a neoplasm forms into an abnormal growth, ...

Pancreatic cancer is on the rise in the United States, but there's another, less common type called pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET). It's important to know the difference, because these two ...

If polyps were found and removed during your colonoscopy, you might be worried about what that means for your colorectal cancer risk. Most colorectal cancers start as polyps, which are small growths ...