It might now be Fall but those sunburns you received from the summer and even those sunburns from years ago might have a impact on your health later in life.

20 Marines, or sons of Marines were based at or lived at Camp Lejeune between the 1960s and the 1980s. They all have had breast cancer and they blame their time at Camp Lejeune, where records show drinking water was contaminated with high levels of toxic chemicals for three decades.

According to new research, cancer patients whose tumors are targeted with heat treatment as well as chemotherapy are more likely to stay alive and cancer-free for longer than those who receive only chemotherapy

For women diagnosed with breast cancer—chemotherapy can be one of the biggest challenges. But a new test is helping more women avoid chemo, and it’s helping others gain confidence to take on the difficult treatment.

Aside from everyday functions of chewing, swallowing, talking, tasting and showing dissatisfaction, the tongue has new uses such as steering wheelchairs and helping blind people see.

Sibley Hospital, in Washington D.C., is a testing site for a breast cancer vaccine that researchers hope can prevent tumors from coming back in patients. The vaccine is given once a month, for six months with minimal side effects and could be especially beneficial for younger women.

Getting chemo in an old storage space isn’t the most ideal situation, but it’s the only choice, and a welcome one, for some Nevada patients whose treatment center closed.

They’re ready to sting, and they know where they’re going. They’re called “nanobees,“ and they’re not insects—they’re tiny particles designed to destroy cancer cells with less damage to nearby tissue

Many adolescent health specialists and epidemiologists continue to question the benefit of vaccinating all girls against HPV, a c that causes genital warts and some cases of cervical cancer.

Connecticut Democrat Senator Christopher Dodd is expected to be in the hospital for a few days after prostate cancer surgery.

A new study contradicts long-held doctors’ advice for breast cancer patients not to lift heavy weights.

As parents prepare to send kids back to school, vaccinations are high on the to-do list. In this week’s Empowered Patient, we explain why some parents are questioning one of the recommendations.

Need a reason to look on the bright side? A new study suggests that optimists’ glass-half-full approach to life may actually offer some health benefits.

Women with a family history of breast cancer may have a new weapon against the disease: breast-feeding.

The FDA is adding stronger warnings to a group of best-selling arthritis drugs because they can increase the risk of cancer in children and adolescents.