Cancer

Finding Your Voice: How The Way We Sound Shapes Our Identities

At some point in our lives, many of us realize that the way we hear our own voice isn't the way others hear us. This week on Hidden Brain, we look at the relationship between our voices and our identities. Plus, we hear how advances in technology might help people with vocal impairments, and consider the ethical quandaries that arise when we can create personalized, customized voices.

Cancer Drugs Approved Quickly Often Fail To Measure Up Later

Regulators give many cancer drugs a fast track to market while requiring drugmakers to do more studies after approval. Researchers have found the follow-up studies frequently come up short.

Vitamin D And Fish Oil Supplements Mostly Disappoint In Long-Awaited Research Results

After years of debate, a major government funded study failed to find any overall benefit of taking widely used supplements to protect against heart disease or cancer.

Amazon's new cause: kids with cancer

10 months later: 'There's hope after a cancer diagnosis'

Ten months ago, Alexes Harris' health was precarious . She'd just had a stem cell transplant in the hopes of combating a rare form of leukemia. The...

The article that changed one cancer researcher's career path

Dr. Fred Appelbaum started his career in the 1970s when leukemia patients were given months to live. He worked with Dr. Don Thomas, a researcher at Fred...