The single participant in a groundbreaking—and controversial—study is forcing clinicians to confront the thorny ethical issues surrounding the sequencing of individual genomes to offer a glimpse at what the future of medicine may look like.
Do classic psychological studies published in high-profile journals hold up? The Reproducibility Project aims to find out.
Could the radiation from screening actually increase the odds of developing breast cancer among women with a specific gene?
Three years ago, a health task force sparked a heated debate when it recommended that women between 40 and 50 stop getting mammograms every year. Did timing, insurance, and emotion quash their findings?