A new study finds that being surrounded by people with similar health goals helps people to follow through with their weight-loss plans.
The maker of Avastin has warned doctors and hospitals that a fake version without the active ingredient has been found on the market.
Just a few years after Bill Wilson founded the fellowship in 1939, Felicia Gizycka, daughter of editor Cissy Patterson, stumbled into a meeting.
Regardless of what's motivated the retail giant to come up with its new front-of-pack labels, they'll give consumers valuable information.
As the number of senior citizens locked behind bars skyrockets, cash-strapped states are unable to foot the growing health care bills.
Legal scholars, most notably those at NPLAN, are challenging the contention by corporations that they can market foods however they like.
Professor Bruce MacDonald of the University of Auckland in New Zealand leads a team working to create a corps of medical robots that will be able to help monitor and assist elders in need.
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In 1993, comic book publisher Eclipse released a controversial set of 110 cards featuring a variety of HIV/AIDS information as well as the personalities who died from the disease.
The first national LGBT aging project highlights the need for more appropriate services and better health care for this neglected community.
In an unprecedented finding, a drug known as bexarotene has "quickly reversed" memory loss in mice, according to Case Western research.
Co-founded by former U.S. Census crime-trend mapper Graham Dodge, SickWeather is a site that attempts to crowdsource the health of cities around the world and make it easily navigable.
Air quality in Beijing isn't expected to improve any time soon, but the transparency of reporting took a great leap forward before the new year.
Romantic partners who spend a lot of time together tend to talk alike, unless the woman happens to be ovulating, according to a study.
Whether it works or not, Walmart's new logo, which will only go on in-house brand products, does follow some pretty strict nutrition criteria.
It started with one live goldfish, swallowed on a dare at Harvard. Months later, the record in the U.S. was 101 fish in one sitting. Soon, doctors issued public health warnings about anemia.
The mastermind behind the $3 cough syrup craze is a 58-year-old Indian-born monk who takes a shot of the chalky drink every morning, according to a profile in the latest Forbes.
Desktops and laptops have been around long enough for usage guidelines to be established, but not so with tablets, which strain users.
Judy Howe and Bob Maiden both stumbled into their careers, but are now committed to making students aware of joys of working with elderly.
A recent outbreak sickened 68 people, but the CDC refused to make the name of the source of the contaminated food available to the public.