Health & Medical

When it comes to cancer treatment, several options come to mind, such as chemotherapy, surgery, and or radiation; however, there is another option that may prove to be as effective.

Research shows that some older adults have signs of the disease in their brains after they die, even though they never had symptoms while they were alive. These cases could be key to developing new treatments.

Getting a stent to improve blood flow to the heart is a very common procedure. In some cases, the issue comes back as scar tissue forms around the stent.

Doctors with the Cleveland Clinic are researching a link between eating red meat and increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

The outlook for lung cancer is typically not good, mostly because it’s often picked up in late stages. However, Lee Health hopes to change that trajectory by launching a new advanced care center focusing on lung disease.

The holiday season is a popular time for people to open their wallets and make donations to charities, but how can you be sure your money is going to the right place?

The opioid crisis continues to devastate the United States.

All the pieces are in place now, but it will take about a year of calibrating and fine-tuning before the proton machine is up and running.

According to a critical care pulmonologist with Lee Health, every day, two people in Lee County hear the news that they have lung cancer.

Many of us have heard the saying, “An aspirin a day keeps the doctor away,” but new research shows that taking aspirin every day might not be as good for you as we once thought.