New research shows that cancer risk may be higher for children who have already faced a type of cancer called soft tissue sarcoma.

In the most comprehensive review to date, no support was found for a link between heart bypass surgery and long-term memory loss or other mental declines.

Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have, for the first time, induced a state of reversible metabolic hibernation in mice. This achievement, the first demonstration of "hibernation on demand" in a mammal, ultimately could lead to new ways to

A newly developed monoclonal antibody can cure mice infected with the West Nile virus, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report. If further studies confirm the effectiveness and safety of the antibody, it could become one

Pathological gamblers exhibit complex impairments in decision-making and executive function processes associated with the prefrontal cortex of the brain, according to new research.

A recently discovered process known as sumoylation -- until now thought to be active only in the nucleus -- also occurs near the cell's surface where it regulates proteins, providing a novel target for the development of new drugs. Researchers

Alzheimer's Gene Therapy Slows Mental Decline (WebMD)A new approach to Alzheimer's disease uses gene therapy to slow down the disease. When tried for the first time in humans, the mental decline from Alzheimer's slowed. Metabolic brain activity also increased, according