How sick will you get from exposure to a germ? It may depend on whether it's day or night, based on a new study revealing that human biological clocks may play a part in fighting disease.

If you feel like you're your thoughts are caught in a hamster wheel, it may be time to hop on a pair of real wheels - and use physical exercise to stave off burnout.

Unless fast food restaurants hand out calculators with their calorie amounts, the nutritional data required by the new federal health law may not help customers as much as intended.

Those feeling absent-minded may find the boost they need by treating their nostrils to rosemary oil, new research suggests. 

If you're contemplating an eHealth intervention, new research suggests you're better off doing it with a friend.

Management systems are important in controlling chronic diseases like asthma. Using inflammation as a guide to treating asthma did not improve asthma control.

Drugs known as tyrosine kinase inhibitors are currently state-of-the-art treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). These medicines don't cure the disease, in part because leukemia has a powerful defense system. Recent research suggests there's a way around these defensive linemen.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is commonly seen with lung cancer, because both diseases usually result from smoking. Patients who have COPD often have complications after lung cancer surgery.

Babies unable to grow to the size they're genetically supposed to reach suffer from intrauterine growth restriction, a risk factor for future cardiovascular problems.