‘It’s this perfect storm of stealing your femininity.’
Whitney Johnson was diagnosed with breast cancer at 36.
Whitney Johnson, now 38, in Portland, Ore.
Leah Nash for The New York Times
My boyfriend found it. He could feel a lump. I have a…

‘It’s this perfect storm of stealing your femininity.’
Whitney Johnson was diagnosed with breast cancer at 36.
Whitney Johnson, now 38, in Portland, Ore.
Leah Nash for The New York Times
My boyfriend found it. He could feel a lump. I have a…

Scientists think there’s a tenuous but plausible hypothetical link between picking your nose and an increased risk of developing dementia.
In cases where picking at your nose causes internal tissue damage, critical species of bacteria have a…

Pampered penguins in zoos escape the elements and feast on fish to their hearts’ content, but care-free living comes at a cost.
Newly published research suggests that zoo penguins age faster than their wild counterparts, biologically speaking,…

In modern oncology, success is often defined through measurable outcomes: overall survival, progression-free survival, response rates. But do these endpoints reflect what truly matters to patients?
We spoke with Dr. Konstantina…

A new study has found that more than one in three raw pet foods sold in the UK contained harmful bacteria, with nearly three in ten breaking safety limits.
That finding turns a niche feeding choice into a public health warning, because the danger…

An inexpensive drug that’s been used for decades in transplant surgeries can delay the progression of type 1 diabetes in those newly diagnosed, new research suggests.
In previous studies, a high dose of the immune-suppressing drug polyclonal…
