Taking hormone-blocking pills for a few months before breast cancer surgery can shrink tumors and allow many women to have just the lump removed instead of the whole bre...
Members of Butler's Breast and Women's Cancer Support group are, from left, Vikki Baird, Judy Jewell, the late Phyllis Schawalder, the late Linda Allen, the late Fran Ch...
The one theory of stretching everyone seems to agree on can be summed up in two words:
Don't bounce.
After that, pull the ring tab and step back. Broaching the topic, tr...
Support group meets 1st Tuesday of every month
For Cheryl Schaefer, a 52-year-old Center Township resident, it was a simple situation of mind over matter.
After being dia...
LOS ANGELES — Mammograms don't help women over 50 as much as has been believed, new research suggests.
Only a third of the reduced risk of death credited to breast cance...
New evidence shows childhood connection
LOS ANGELES — New evidence indicates that children who are exposed to a virus called adenovirus-36 are more likely to be obese tha...
New health insurance policies beginning on or after today must cover — without charge — preventive care that's backed up by the best scientific evidence. Most people wil...
LOS ANGELES — If the presence of all those alcohol-based hand sanitizers makes you feel safe from disease, read no further.
The sanitizers — Purell, Germ-X and the like ...
ATLANTA — An apple a day? Apparently not in the United States.
Most Americans still don't eat vegetables often enough, and fruit consumption is actually dropping a littl...
PITTSBURGH — Think of them as the $10 million questions: Why do so many older people have so much trouble sleeping, and is there any help for them that doesn't involve d...
