Across the world, the death rate increases during the winter, a phenomenon called "excess winter mortality." It’s a curious fact that winter, sleigh bells and Valentine’s Day notwithstanding ...

Turning 80, as I do this month, tends to focus the mind on one's mortality. I plan to live another 20 years, as did Jimmy Carter, but I could just as easily be dead in 20 months. I can no longer ...

There is some hyperpigmentation throughout the entire plaque. Although dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) are most common on the trunk, they have also been reported in virtually all locations ...

Around the beginning of each year, I customarily write a column about how we’ve just had the “best year ever” in the long history of humanity. This annual eruption of exuberance outrages ...

The new findings show the cancer mortality rate declined by 34% from 1991 to 2022 in the United States, averting approximately 4.5 million deaths. However, this steady progress is jeopardized by ...