Rheta Mankin

Regular aspirin use has long been recommended by doctors to lower fever, reduce pain and ease inflammation. Its benefits in helping lower heart attack risk have also long been known. Researchers are...

While the propensity for doctors and patients once was to rush into radical mastectomies when breast cancer was diagnosed, this is starting to change. As more clinicians and the patients they treat...

Men who receive a positive diagnosis of prostate cancer often find themselves taken aback when their healthcare providers recommend taking an active surveillance approach. After all, this treatment...

Cancer is a very hard diagnosis to take no matter how the news is broken or who is on the receiving end. For Latinas, however, healthcare providers may find that their patients have to deal with a...

Prostate cancer patients who undergo a complete removal of this gland are often surprised to learn that surgery isn’t enough to hedge the odds in their favor for beating the disease. For those who...

People go to great lengths to reduce cancer risks for themselves and their families. Eating right, exercising, avoiding exposure to certain workplace chemicals can all go far in lowering the odds of...

As the American population of cancer survivors nears the 18 million mark, providing these individuals with the care they need during their post-cancer lives may require a focused plan that draws on...

Breast cancer treatments designed to save lives often perform as desired, but that doesn’t mean side effects aren’t possible. Lymphedema is one of the possible side effects from treatment that can...