The Biden administration launched a new initiative this month aimed at cutting the number of cancer deaths in half over the next 25 years. Cancer occurs when cells abnormally divide in the body and ...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are reputed for their involvement in carcinogenesis. Results from a study published in the journal Angewandte Chemie have now shown that the level of one such ROS, ...

A small drug molecule that appears to protect normal tissue from the damaging effects of radiation, may simultaneously be able to boost the cancer-killing effect of radiation therapy, according to a ...

BOSTON, Mass. (June 3, 2009)—When you were a kid your mom poured it on your scraped finger to stave off infection. When you got older you might have even used it to bleach your hair. Now there's ...

One of the more dangerous medical myths I frequently see in the ER is the widespread belief by patients that copious amounts of hydrogen peroxide should be used to clean cuts and scrapes of any size.