A rare, inherited mutation confers an eightfold increased risk of prostate cancer, a recent study shows.

Females may be at higher risk of potentially fatal heart condition due to gender differences in a protein involved in the heart’s electrical activity.

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have identified how one of the genes most commonly mutated in lung cancer may promote such tumors.

Smoking is more detrimental to lung function in individuals with high proportions of African ancestry.

More than 100 students, faculty and scientists from around the world attended a four-day program on vascular biology research last week at Vanderbilt University.

Anti-retroviral therapy can prevent tuberculosis, even in people with early HIV disease.