"Our findings suggest that women undergoing (breast conserving therapy with radiation therapy) may lose approximately 20% of breast volume within a year, with continued reductions through five years," ...

However, the surgery may leave noticeable scar tissue after the area heals. For this reason, doctors do not generally advise removal unless the growth is painful or involves symptoms that may ...

Traditionally, men who chose radiation therapy for prostate cancer undergo radiation for weeks or even months. But now, in certain cases, it can be completed in less than a week. Prostate cancer ...

The COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the U.S. five years ago this month, leaving not only lingering mental health effects but also long-term physical symptoms. One of those included a condition known as ...

Source: Getty Images While radiation therapy and chemo are separate treatments, they both work by damaging or killing cancer cells. Our easy-to-read fact sheets provide clinicians with reliable ...

Scars, like diamonds, are forever. Right? That is not necessarily true. Made of silicone, scar tape touts that it can be placed over a wound to minimize scarring and accelerate the healing process.

"It's insane that something is from space can have that kind of an impact on our electronics. So we're thinking, okay, how does that have a potential impact on other aspects of our life?" The ...

The winter storm is expected to bring another round of gusty winds, widespread rain and mountain snow, as residents in some of Los Angeles County’s recent burn scar zones prepared to evacuate.

Interested contributors have until 2 May 2025 to submit abstracts for scientific posters for the IAEA’s International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine — X Ray Vision. The conference, ...