Health

In updated guidelines on breast cancer screening for average-risk women, a doctor’s group emphasized shared decision-making between a woman and her doctor....Read More

An expert-guided, self-help exercise program may help people with chronic fatigue syndrome, a new study suggests....Read More

Between studying and socializing, college students often have crazy sleep habits, and new research suggests a lack of regular sleep dampens students’ well-being....Read More

People who spend lots of time on their smartphones may be scrolling, tapping and swiping their way to carpal tunnel syndrome, a painful wrist and hand disorder....Read More

A Harvard study suggests that our body programs us to reach for sweet, starchy, and salty foods in the evening. So how do you fight these late-night cravings?...Read More

Simple changes to your lifestyle might delay the start of dementia or slow its progression, a new report suggests....Read More

From tip jars to vending machines, each dollar, passed person to person, samples a bit of the environment it comes from and passes those bits to the next person....Read More

Cancer doctors are often mute when a patient asks about the cost of treatment, a new study shows....Read More

Gene mutations may cause up to 17 percent of cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in patients with no family history of the disease, a new study finds....Read More

Women who breast-feed their babies may have a slightly lower risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke decades later, a large new study suggests....Read More