Got back pain? Spine surgeon Patricia Zheng, MD, answers questions about how to reduce your pain and, hopefully, avoid surgery.

Health trackers keep tabs on nearly 1 in 4 Americans at this point. Professor of Medicine Sandeep Kishore, MD, PhD, MSc, answers questions about the future of these ubiquitous gadgets and the data they collect, share, and analyze.

In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers identified the U.S. regions where dementia occurs most often.

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of traumatic injuries, and diagnose and treat many other medical conditions.

But the scans, known as computerized tomography (CT) scans, use x-rays that expose patents to cancer-causing radiation. And there is concern that a diagnostic tool that has become deeply embedded in American medicine is sometimes overused. 

In pancreatic cancer, metastasis is often the first sign that a patient even has cancer, and by then, the cancer has spread out of control. Researchers discovered how pancreatic cancer cells migrate to other organs, where they become dangerous enough to kill.

Oncology specialists from UC San Francisco will present new clinical research findings and cutting-edge treatment strategies at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, May 30 to June 3 in Chicago.

Leading cancer researchers will present talks about advances in targeted therapies, cancer genomics, using AI to improve prediction of cancer outcomes and other cancer research topics.