The day blurs into exhaustion, meals become medicine, and nutrition turns into the steady hand helping a patient ...

A dietary change may make the fatal brain cancer glioblastoma more vulnerable to cancer therapies, a new study suggests. The researchers behind the work think this dietary change exploits a key ...

A new study reveals how bacteria in the gut can help determine whether the amino acid asparagine from the diet will feed ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." NEARLY 2,500 YEARS ago, Hippocrates proclaimed that “food is medicine.” Or something like that. Not only ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

For decades, patients undergoing blood cancer treatment have been told to avoid certain foods to reduce infection risk, guidance that some physicians hoped could safely be relaxed. Now, a University ...

A newly identified metabolite in human feces improves immunotherapy and could radically change the treatment of lung cancer.

Though chemo and hormone therapy can make it difficult to want to cook or eat, maintaining nutrition is important. Here are ...