He was a former officer who played an officer on TV. Dennis Farina, best known for his roles on Law & Order and Crime Story , has died. He was 69.

The purpose of clinical trials is to study the safety and effectiveness of a medication. Sometimes, clinical trials involving humans find that a medication does not work and the study is stopped. This just happened in a trial looking at a blood cancer medication.

Patients with blood clots may be able to cut the number of medications they have to take in half. While blood clots are usually treated with two medications, new research suggests that one treatment may be just as effective and safe in treating them.

As screening tests and treatments for cancer have improved, patients are living longer. However, some patients don't respond to treatment as well as others.

There have been numerous recent advances in cancer therapies and technologies. Some of them aim to cure cancer and others try to make lives better for those fighting the disease.

A big challenge with cancer treatment has to do with knowing whether or not the patient will respond well to treatment. Scientists have come up with a model that answers this question for one disorder that can lead to cancer.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a type of blood cancer that usually grows slowly and can be treated with chemotherapy. But in some cases, patients do not respond to this traditional treatment.

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) was once a dire diagnosis. Now the disease can be treated successfully in most people. The disease has to be treated over many years to be kept under control.

Many pregnant women take prenatal supplements. Some contain iron while others may not. The amount of iron a woman needs during pregnancy is important to discuss with her care provider.