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Exercise Is Key When Living With Lung Cancer 12/01/2020 12:00am • Lung cancer -- and lung-cancer-directed treatments -- can make exercise feel inadvisable, if not altogether impossible. "Many people with lung cancer are under the impression that they should be 'resting up,'" explains Dr. Jae Kim, chief of thoracic surgery at City of Hope, a National Cancer Institu Fauci stresses do's and don'ts of virus safety as cases expected to continue rising 11/30/2020 05:54pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '03f3bc31-91e9-4a67-9d28-8049e460a85a' }).render("22661535e2346f33");}); The nation's top infectious disease docto The Best Places to Retire in Texas 11/30/2020 12:00am • Best cities to retire in TexasAmerica's second-most populous state is a haven for retirees. Whether you're seeking warmer weather, affordable housing, lower taxes or engaging leisure activities, you will be able to find it somewhere in the state of Texas. Many cities in Texas have ample job opportun Hospital-at-Home Model of Care: What to Know 11/30/2020 12:00am • The future hospital looks a lot like home -- and it already is in many places. Through the hospital-at-home model of care, eligible patients can receive hospital-level treatment for an acute illness or an exacerbation of a chronic condition in their own bedrooms or living rooms. "From the point of How to Become a Doctor: A Step-by Step Guide 11/30/2020 12:00am • There are few professions with higher stakes than the field of medicine. The consequences of a doctor's decisions can be enormous, leading to either marvelous or disastrous results. Becoming a physician in the U.S. is a time-consuming endeavor, and anyone who intends to pursue a medical career in t COVID-19 claims beloved Chicago dispatcher: 'His pride was going to work' 11/29/2020 05:11am • As Guadalupe Lopez walked into work at Chicago's 911 center one night three years ago, three officers were shot on the city's west side. Lopez sat at his desk on the communications floor as officers screamed into their police radios. There was confusion over the location, and the wounded were wit Data Doctors: Why smartphone pay systems are safer 11/27/2020 06:30pm • Q: Are the smartphone-based payment systems safe to use? The holiday season means more items being purchased both online and offline, and how you pay for those items isn’t as simple as it used to be. Credit cards are still the safest way to make purchases, especially online, because they pro Fitness trackers do more than count steps, doctor says 11/27/2020 11:14am • With Cyber Monday just around the corner, a fitness tracker is on many holiday wish lists. For most people, the main reason to get a fitness tracker is to figure out how much activity they’ve done in a day -- and to encourage themselves and loved ones to exercise. But the new devices can do How hospitals in different parts of the country are grappling with COVID-19 11/25/2020 09:36am • Hospitals in at least 25 states face a critical shortage of nurses, doctors and other staff amid the surging coronavirus pandemic, according to recent research from Stat News. Thanks to therapeutics and lessons from the spring, hospitals are able to save more lives. But as the number of cases Gene Therapies: What to Know 11/25/2020 12:00am • David Israel was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2015, the start of a two-year gauntlet of treatments including chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. The cancer kept winning, and in the summer of 2017, Israel was told he had six months to live. Then his doctor suggested one more last-ditch option: a Need a COVID-19 nurse? That'll be $8,000 a week 11/24/2020 09:18pm • In March, Claire Tripeny was watching her dream job fall apart. She'd been working as an intensive care nurse at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado, and loved it, despite the mediocre pay typical for the region. But when Covid-19 hit, that calculation changed. She remembers her employers WTOP Top Kid: How a Rockville teen went from robotics to making PPE for COVID workers 11/24/2020 03:07pm • Rockville high schooler Arjun Oberoi carries a bin of 3D-printed PPE for COVID frontline workers at Open Works in Baltimore. (Courtesy Arjun Oberoi) An enterprising high school junior from Rockville, Maryland, is using the tech for his robotics team to create potentially life-saving equipment fo Young women and heart attacks: How to spot the warning signs 11/24/2020 01:15pm • This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Approximately 800,000 Americans have a heart attack each year, and about one-third of those heart attacks happen to younger women, according to a study published in the journal Circulation. It’s an “alarming trend” nationw VCU Health workers describe 'heartbreak' in ICU as COVID-19 cases mount 11/24/2020 08:09am •  With coronavirus cases surging ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, medical workers at Virginia Commonwealth University are offering a behind-the-scenes look at the frontline fight against the pandemic. In a five-minute video released Monday as part of a VCU public service campaign, doctors Colleges With the Highest Application Fees 11/24/2020 12:00am • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: