Recommended guidelines for care exist for nearly every disease and condition. But for one form of cancer -- bladder -- 99 percent of patients are not receiving recommended care.

Aggressive HER-2 positive metastatic breast cancer is difficult to treat. A recent study shows dual medication therapy offers new treatment options - and hope.

Think antibiotics are just for bacterial infections? Think again. Antibiotic medications have been used to battle cancer for six decades, but they have powerful side effects.

It only makes sense that, to eradicate a sexually-transmitted disease, both sexes need to be vaccinated prior to engaging in sexual activity, which would mean before puberty or early teens.

Egg whites are known to be the healthy part of an egg, while egg yolks are often discarded because they seem to lack nutritional value and increase risk for diseases. This may not be completely true.

Taking a low-dose aspirin a day is known to help ward off heart disease. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) protect against colorectal cancer. Now this same therapy may work to keep another serious disease at bay.

While the origins of many cancers continue to overwhelm science, the cause of cervical cancer is well known - the human papillomavirus (HPV). And since the HPV vaccine program was introduced in Australia, research shows it's working.

Scientists are beginnning to understand why liver cancer is so aggressive. Hong Kong researchers may have uncovered a mechanism that can effectively treat this nearly always fatal disease.

Older women diagnosed with breast cancer often have other health problems which can affect their overall survival. So it's important for primary care physicians to work with oncologists to treat the whole woman.

Those receiving heart transplants expect there will be numerous risks from the procedure itself to infections following the operation. There may be additional, unexpected disease risks though, according to a new study.