Fitness

The treatments may hasten growth of tumors in some patients

Let's take a time-out to review the five-second rule

Researchers say the medication is a significant improvement over other treatments

Insomnia is a very common medical condition in today's high-stress world.  Aside from prescription drugs, you may have been curious about over-the-counter melatonin supplements. But do they work?  Are they safe?  

Researchers have completed the first laboratory model of the human female reproductive cycle

New research suggests a tasty way to stop the yo-yo dieting cycle and prevent weight regain

Mice that lost weight and then gained back more than they lost maintained an obesity-type microbiome that affected biochemicals involved in either burning or adding fat--suggesting interventions.

A meta-analysis found that being of low socioeconomic status was associated with almost as many years of lost life as was a sedentary lifestyle.

It remains to be seen whether the treatment, which was effective in a large clinical trial, will live up to its promise

Several studies suggest that eating prunes every day could help prevent or even reverse bone loss and osteoporosis

Exposure to specific microbes when an infant is less than a year old seems to have a protective effect against the child's eventual acquisition of asthma.

A controversial measure may be included in future healthcare reform