People over 65 years of age are likely to live longer when Social Security benefits are improved, according to researchers at New York Medical College.

A new study has identified factors that would allow a professional dancer to resume performances after undergoing arthroscopy scope of the hip.

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital have identified the cell of origin for muscle cancer known as sarcoma.

Low concentrations of the trace element lithium appear to extend life in model organisms and humans alike, according to a new study.

Once thought of as a diabetics-only eye disease, retinopathy can affect those whose blood glucose levels are higher than normal on a consistent basis.

Elementary school children who don't like fruits and vegetables are 13 times more likely to suffer from functional constipation than those who do, according to a new study.

Obesity may be linked to increased eye pressure and a decreased risk of open-angle (chronic) glaucoma in women, according to a new study. The results do not apply to men, however.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge are looking to the fruit fly to learn about human intestinal neurons and have uncovered some startling findings in the process.

According to a new study from the University of the Basque Country, women are more apt to forgive than men, and parents are more likely to forgive than their children.

Past studies have shown that women smokers have a higher risk of cervical cancer. Now, new research shows that second-hand smoke may damage cells in a woman's cervix, increasing her risk of cervical cancer.