DES MOINES, Iowa — A nationwide shortage of a cancer drug is adding stress to families who need it, including Iowa families like the Delzells. Three-year-old Kinsley is fighting a type of leukemia. She had a checkup at Blank Children’s Hospital Tuesday. Her chemotherapy treatments involve the drug methotrexate, a medication that is in short […]
Crohn's disease is a lifelong inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that is characterized by swelling in the lining of the digestive tract, causing severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, and rectal bleeding.
The immunosuppressive drug methotrexate (MTX) can be linked to an elevated risk of three types of skin cancer, a new study by University of Gothenburg researchers shows.
Oregon State University scientists have produced a proof of concept for a new and better way of caring for women facing the life-threatening situation of ectopic pregnancy, which occurs when a fertilized egg implants somewhere other than the lining of the uterus.