A Christian Capitini, assistant professor of pediatrics at American Family Children’s Hospital, Madison, Wis.: One of the hardest things about cancer is that it’s a part of us. It’s evolved with us, it’s been with us humans from the beginning.

Former President Joe Biden’s diagnosis of what his office called an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer on Sunday, May 18, is calling attention to a disease that is diagnosed in hundreds of thousands of American men each year. Doctors found a ...

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. That’s according to a statement released by his office earlier Sunday. Dr. Keith Kowalczyk, a urologist with Georgetown School of ...

Former President Joe Biden's office announced Sunday that he has been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer, which has spread to his bones. But it said the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, "which allows for effective management.

(THE CONVERSATION) Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, defending you from thousands of pathogens that cause disease while sparing your body’s own healthy cells. This careful equilibrium is so seamless that most people don’t think about it until something goes wrong.