People in the South and the Appalachian region are the least likely of all Americans to be physically active in their leisure time, the CDC says in a new report.
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One in five tests is ordered to protect against lawsuits, according to a new survey of Pennsylvania orthopaedists.
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An expectation that medical treatment will not work well may be self-fulfilling for patients, overriding — or at least having a negative impact on – the effectiveness of medications, a study shows.
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Men who start to go bald by age 20 may have an increased risk for developing prostate cancer later in life, a study suggests.
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People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who don’t sleep well face significant risks of greater functional disability due to pain and fatigue symptoms associated with poor sleep quality, a new study shows.
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Can herbal remedies help ease overactive bladder symptoms? Find out what experts say about OAB and herbal therapies.
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Men with a PSA (prostate-specific antigen) level of less than 1 nanogram per liter of blood can safely wait up to eight years between PSA screenings, researchers say.
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Listing calories on the menus at fast-food restaurants doesn’t seem to affect kid’s choices or those that their parents make for them, finds a small study in the International Journal of Obesity.
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Taking zinc, either as a syrup or lozenge, through the first few days of a cold may shorten the misery of an upper respiratory infection, a new research review shows.
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One of the largest studies to date on alcohol’s effects on sleep shows that drinking alcohol before bed may disrupt sleep and increase wakefulness in healthy adults — affecting women more than men — regardless of family history of alcoholism.
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