More news today on the Pfizer stem cell initiative we wrote about in September. It sounds like the effort, to be known as Pfizer Regenerative Medicine...
A blog about cancer does, sadly, have to include some sad news from time to time - and this is one of those times. In December 2007, journalist, teach...
Back in the 20th century, a gene was such a simple thing: The lone carrier of inherited biological information, a single stretch of DNA that contained...
Though they haven t drawn much national attention, health-related measures are on ballots around the country today. We wrote about several last week...
As I researched my previous post on the pros and cons of banking your baby's cord blood, I happened upon the stories of two infants whose cerebral pal...
If you live in Michigan and feel strongly about allowing the use of medicinal marijuana for people who have AIDS, cancer, or even glaucoma, among othe...
Voters in Washington State will decide on Tuesday whether to allow dying patients to get a prescription for medicine to commit suicide. Here s the c...