2020 March

Lit cigarette on a ledge.

Combining Smoke Cessation Programs With Screening for Lung Cancer Can Reduce Mortality

New research from Rafael Meza

Programs that help smokers kick the habit along with existing lung cancer screening efforts could reduce lung cancer mortality by 14% compared with screening alone, according to a new study.

Medical professionals standing in a hospital hallway.

Coronavirus: Protecting Health Care Workers

Q&A with Christopher Friese

As the coronavirus spreads throughout the country, an increasing number of American health care workers helping to treat patients are contracting the infection.

Three women running.

For Many Female Athletes, Bone Stress and Missing Period Is the Norm

Q&A with Traci Carson and Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez

The culture of running promotes a body weight and size ideal that is unhealthy among elite female collegiate distance runners, according to preliminary findings from a series of interviews by University of Michigan researchers.