Cancer

Cancer death rates are declining among African Americans but are still higher than other racial groups, according to new research from the American Cancer Society. The report shows that death rates among Black men decreased by 49%, while death rates for Black women fell 33%.

The former Illinois governor has been undergoing chemotherapy after a diagnosis last month, he told the Sun-Times. “I’m hopeful that I’ll be around, but you just don’t know at this point. This, historically, has been an extremely deadly cancer.”

Palliative care is treatment that helps manage side effects, symptoms and mental health issues for people with cancer and other severe illnesses.

First-person accounts from cancer survivors are helping medical professionals in the classroom and the examination room.

100 startup teams were narrowed down to one during the contest's inaugural year in St. Louis. Now, Immunophotonics moves on to the San Francisco final and a chance to win $1 million.

The American Cancer Society wants to reduce cancer disparities in Black women. The society is enrolling 100,000 Black women across 20 states, including Missouri, to participate in VOICES of Black Women, a 30-year study to help understand and improve the health of Black women nationwide.

Researchers at the Rolla school are adding data to a huge collection of images used by machine-learning computer algorithms to find malignant moles.

The Missouri House's debate largely focused on Bayer, the company with U.S. headquarters in St. Louis that purchased Monsanto — the original manufacturer of RoundUp pesticide.

Music therapy can reduce stress and anxiety, improve memory, elevate mood and facilitate pain management and physical rehabilitation.

Missouri and Iowa show little progress in cutting their rates of new cancer cases, according to the latest American Lung Association report. Nebraska and Kansas saw rates of new cases remain below or at the national average.