Sarah Schroeder

Doctors have developed a way to remove certain tumors by going through patients’ ear canals rather than the traditional method of removing part of their skull.

Obese people who struggle to lose weight appear to get different brain signals than thinner people after they’ve eaten, a new study has found.

Physicians want many patients to get flu shots but often face dilemmas about whether to urge patients to take them as soon as possible, or wait until later in the season when they’ll do the most good.

Proposed health care plans from the leading presidential candidates found Donald Trump’s proposal would leave almost 20 million people without coverage while Hillary Clinton’s plan would widen the deficit by more than $90 billion.

Men who got treatment for prostate cancer were no likelier to have better overall outcomes than men who take a watch and wait approach with the disease, according to a new study.

A new study found that diet, exercise, or a combination of the two were about equally successful for heart health as long as the patient lost weight.

A new study found that traditional treatments that ease depression symptoms don’t always help patients return to their desired performance level at work.

Amid numerous calls for state and federal investigations over pricing of its EpiPen, the drug company Mylan struck back, saying that 55 percent of the price goes to “middleman’’ insurers.

The White House plan to mobilize anti-cancer efforts calls for more immunotherapy treatment, better coordination among researchers and a harder push for existing cancer prevention strategies.

Key meetings and events over the coming weeks.