Results from a small study of postmenopausal women suggest that obesity might relate to a reduced volume of gray matter in the brain. However, whether the results have relevance in a woman's day-to-day life is unclear.
The tobacco industry knows exactly what makes social smokers tick. Now, researchers want to use that once-secret information to help them quit.
Reducing the number of beds available in public psychiatric hospitals is associated with increased suicide rates "” and community-based mental health care is often not funded at a level sufficient to help.
In a sign of the challenges facing seniors on Medicare, a new study finds that older Americans are more likely to make poor choices when faced with a wide array of drug-coverage plans.
Brown, Georgetown, New York and Tulane Universities present Dr. Jessie Gruman, president of the Center for Advancing Health, with honorary degrees for her years of work on behalf of patients.
By the time they reach ninth grade, most adolescents abandon the physical activities they enjoyed in seventh grade; and the more vigorous the activity, the more likely they are to drop it.
The key to reducing the leading cause of pediatric emergency room visits could be to educate young patients and their parents about how to manage asthma, according to an updated review of studies. Moreover, such programs could lead to fewer hospitalizations for children.
Although teen depression poses a widespread problem for which proven treatments exist, few depressed teens receive any care. Why not? The answer depends whether you ask parents or the adolescents themselves.
A new study of nearly 14,000 U.S. women reveals that those who are in physically abusive relationships are at higher risk for HIV infection.
For many people, physical conditions can lead to mental health problems that are often ignored and untreated. And in a health-care Catch 22, the drugs that help people manage bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression can have serious physical side effects.
Being overweight "” or simply believing they are overweight "” might predispose some U.S. teens to suicide attempts, according to a new study.
A new Cochrane Library review confirms that years-long use of a drug called rituximab extends the lifespan of people with one of the milder forms of lymphoma.
A Cochrane review has concluded that women in labor should have the option of using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) "” a non-drug method of pain management.
Although many have touted strategies from travel avoidance to Tamiflu to halt the spread of H1N1 flu or swine flu, a large body of evidence from the Cochrane Library suggests that concentrating on children's hand washing might be the best way to reduce the spread of respiratory illnesses.
Many Chinese immigrant parents face barriers in getting necessary health care for their sick children, finds a new small study. Language and transportation problems can discourage these parents from seeking care.
A push for widespread use of electronic health records (EHRs) has become a central part of the national health care debate, but a new study shows that the technology is not equally available to American patients.
Old standby Zoloft? Late-model Lexapro? New antidepressants might be no more effective than the best existing drugs, according to two new systematic reviews that compared 12 commonly used medications.
Obese workers with type 2 diabetes report less productivity on the job than their normal-weight co-workers, and diabetes in itself has an effect on work impairment.
So far, there is a not a clear winner among the types of fillings used to repair childhood cavities, according to a new review. Children with untreated cavities might experience teasing about their appearance or bad breath, and they could have trouble speaking if teeth decay and fall out prematurely.
A new Cochrane review finds no evidence to support the use of risperidone to treat ADHD in people with intellectual disabilities, even though the review authors say this is a common prescribing pattern.
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