They lower risk of heart attacks
CHICAGO — Two big studies offer good news to people with high blood pressure, finding that novel ways to use cheap drugs already on the m...
Study identifies connection
WASHINGTON — Why do some 90-year-old chain smokers avoid lung cancer, while other people who smoke far less wind up dying of the disease? How ...
QUESTION: I have arthritis in my knees and hips and have a hard time tolerating prescription meds for arthritis. I have tried glucosamine, but it hasn't worked for m...
If you've hit an exercise slump, you might need some motivation to get you moving. Here's a bit: Spring break is less than a month away.
There's no need to panic. It's s...
Claims over-the-counter drugs started son's seizures
MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — D.J. Mannello, 9, hops off the school bus, bounces into his dad's insurance office in this seas...
AKRON, Ohio — Modern technology is giving a whole new twist to the concept of house calls. Thanks to the Internet, some patients now have the option of getting medical c...
Treatments also save on costs
SAN MATEO, Calif. — Saia Fassisila, pastor of the United Methodist Church in San Mateo, dreaded his options when his kidneys failed two year...
Kitchen sponge is a favorite place
With help from University of Arizona microbiologist Charles Gerba, Andrew Weil put together a list in his January Self-Healing newslett...
Software lets users update, share records
WASHINGTON — Just like with do-it-yourself taxes, a growing software industry lets patients create their own "personal health re...
BOSTON — Obesity is on its way to being deadlier than smoking as a cancer cause, a leading researcher said Friday.
Being obese is currently associated with about 14 perc...
