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A large new study offers powerful evidence that dramatic reductions in salt consumption may not be beneficial and might even prove harmful. In fact, the study suggests that too much salt in the dietis not a widespread global problem.

Tight underwear may actually affect a man’s sperm quality.

Leading clinical researchers –such as the leaders at Duke — are increasingly focused on implementation science: closing the gap between theory and practice, between the promise of a “successful” clinical trial and the actual outcomes of real world pa…

On balance, access to cancer drugs is better in the U.S. More drugs get approved and at a faster pace, with fewer reimbursement restrictions, higher patient cost-sharing notwithstanding.

Healthcare is a sector ripe for change and disruption, but despite the occasional outlier, there is little indication that change is afoot

A newly published study suggests that artificial intelligence can be used to select cancer treatments for individual patients based on their DNA and RNA profiles, but several obstacles must be overcome before the technology can be widely implemented.

Record-setting heat waves are affecting the U.S. and Europe, but this is nothing compared to Hothouse Earth. A new study shows that if we exceed certain tipping points, the planet may be driven inexorably towards a far hotter state, with sea levels ris…

Exact Sciences has a pretty good test for cancer. Gastroenterologists are unenthusiastic.