medical research

Although deaths from cancer have gone down over the last couple decades, the disease remains one of the leading causes of death in the United States, just as it has for the last 75 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An outright cure probably won’t materialize any day soon, but researchers at the University of New Mexico are on the cutting edge of treatment options that show promising results.

Scientists from the University of New Mexico discussed their recently published research paper Monday wherein they found microplastics are steadily increasing in our bodies over time. The research looked at brains going all the way back to 1997 from different parts of the country, and found a consistent rise in levels that doubles every 10 to 15 years.

The National Institutes of Health is in Albuquerque this week for its All of Us Research Program to better tailor medical treatment to individual…

A congressional investigation into researchers who use fetal tissue and the abortion clinics that provide the tissue has recently expanded to include New…