Here are some tips for preventing and recognizing overuse injuries and overtraining.
• Overuse injuries range from stress fractures and broken bones to strained and torn...
Risk of Type 2 rises significantly
WASHINGTON — When Shakespeare called sleep the "chief nourisher of life's feast," he may have been well ahead of his time, medically at...
They help with primary care services
SLIPPERY ROCK — Health care and access to it continues to be a topic of discussion on the presidential campaign trail.
In Pennsylvani...
WASHINGTON — Those Type A go-getters aren't the only ones stressing their hearts. Nervous Nelsons seem to be, too.
Researchers reported recently that chronic anxiety can...
ST. LOUIS — A machine invented at Washington University to reveal the inner workings of brains and hearts is emerging as a premier tool for tracking cervical cancer.
The...
Adults should strive for eight hours of sleep, children and teens for nine hours. Only 26 percent reported getting the necessary eight hours, down from 35 percent.
The r...
ST LOUIS — Steve Stahle, primary care sports medicine physician at U.S. Center for Sports Medicine in Kirkwood, Mo., said that in addition to the typical musculoskeletal...
You work hard to get yourself as toned as one of those bodies on the label of a package of health food. Except behind you are these dimples that won't go away, no matter...
ST. LOUIS — So you want to feel better, look better and be nicer? Eat more dietary fiber.
"Fiber has a major benefit in reducing obesity and constipation," said Dr. Mike...
Study looks at marriage, health
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Just in time for New Year's resolutions, a new study underscores that a solid relationship may be good for your healt...
