Health

Early surgery to fix tears in a shoulder rotator cuff muscle improves strength, function and other outcomes in the long term, a new study from France finds....Read More

Doctors can help boost use of high blood pressure medications by their poor patients simply by talking to them, a new study suggests....Read More

Playing contact sports like football or ice hockey can alter the structure and function of the brain, Canadian researchers report....Read More

Men, and especially male smokers, appear to be more likely to develop lung cancer if they take high doses of vitamins B6 and B12, new research suggests....Read More

Reliance on caregivers doubles as people near death, and half of caregivers — usually family members — report having no time for themselves, a new study says....Read More

Despite years of public health campaigns, many American parents are still putting their babies to sleep in an unsafe position, a new study finds....Read More

For seniors and particularly blacks with high blood pressure, lowering it may help keep their minds sharp, a new study suggests....Read More

Guidelines differ, but a new study estimates thousands of U.S. lives could be saved if women had a mammogram done every year from age 40 to 84....Read More

Researchers say one dose of cholera vaccine appears to provide about the same protection as the standard two doses, at least for the first six months....Read More

Widely used heartburn drugs, including Prilosec and Nexium, do not appear to increase Alzheimer’s disease risk, according to a new study....Read More