MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA AT AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY IMAGE: (FROM LEFT) WENDY BOLLAG, PHD, AND STEPHANIE BAER, MD CREDIT: MICHAEL HOLAHAN, AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 25, 2022) – A big group of bacteria found in our soil, our water and our showerheads are harmless for most of us, but a new study indicates they are associated...
By Carla K. Johnson — Associated Press May 5, 2022 A microscope photo that shows the results of a Pap test, with a positive indication for the presence of uterine cervical adenocarcinoma. CDC VIA AP Arare but aggressive kind of uterine cancer appears to be driving an increase in U.S. deaths from the disease, particularly...
by Laura Williamson The death rate for people who have a tear in a major artery coming out of the heart—aortic dissection—has been rising over the past decade, especially among women and Black adults, new research shows. And while death rates for women increased faster, older men continued to face an overall greater risk of...
By Theresa Gaffney July 8, 2021 Reprints A scanning electron micrograph showing a skin cancer cell-derived from cell culture.ANNE WESTON/FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE/WELLCOME Death rates are declining for more than half of the most common forms of cancer in the U.S., according to a sweeping annual analysis released Thursday. The new report — released by the American Cancer...
