Tag: Lung

  • Nation & World

    Cancer surgery linked to increased risk of suicide

    In a study of U.S. patients who underwent major cancer operations, the incidence of suicide was significantly higher than that observed in the general population.

    4 minutes
    Man sitting on bed.
  • Nation & World

    Big advance against cystic fibrosis

    Harvard stem cell researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have taken a critical step toward discovering in the relatively near future a drug to control cystic fibrosis, a fatal lung disease that claims about 500 lives each year, with 1,000 new cases diagnosed annually.

    7 minutes