Stomach or gastric cancer is not particularly common in this country, with just under 21,500 Americans diagnosed with it every year. Worldwide, though, it’s the second leading cause of cancer deaths. So finding new treatments are of international importance.

Each year about 42,000 infants and children die in the U.S, a staggering and upsetting fact.

West Nile virus is thirteen years old. It made its first appearance in 1999, and grabbed the nation's attention this summer with an outbreak that was unmistakably teenage behavior.

Recent research has shown that telestroke improves patient survival, reduces disability and trims healthcare costs. Yet a national report indicates that the technology remains underused.

Film – X-ray film – has been used for taking mammograms for over 40 years. The main problem with film is that it doesn’t pick up everything. And as with everything else in the world, along comes a digital form of mammography.

Rape is a difficult subject to discuss for most people. But a person who has been sexually assaulted can be at high risk for a second assault — and for post traumatic stress disorder.

Increasingly, scientists are linking inflammation with cancer. A classic drug choice to treat inflammation is aspirin. Is this drug ready for primetime in the cancer fight? Well, it depends who you ask.