Baseball Hall of Famer, Gary Carter - the "Kid" - has lost his battle with brain cancer. As a New York Mets catcher, he may be best remembered for the team's 1986 World Series victory over the Boston Red Sox.
There is hope for the nearly one-third of overweight or obese teenage girls in the U.S. - a properly focused intervention program can help them lose weight and live healthier.
One of the world’s leading general medical journals just expressed its concerns about changes in the upcoming edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V).
One of your parents, perhaps a friend, begins to withdraw from social activities, change their sleep habits, becomes irritable, has memory problems and trouble concentrating.
While medicines help millions of patients battle their illnesses, they also have potentially dangerous side effects. Older adults are especially at risk of hospitalization related to their drug treatments.
Patients who develop language impairment during the first year after a stroke may need to open their pocketbook a little wider. Language impairment appears to add substantial costs to post-stroke care.
Just like cars, our brains also get clogged-up and rusty when we don’t use them, and new research suggests that brain inactivity can worsen symptoms of dementia.
This warm winter weather is something to sneeze at. Because of the warm weather, many trees are pollinating early meaning the start of allergy season has come sooner than expected.
Dust mites are a common nuisance for many allergy sufferers. That may be a thing of the past as scientists have found a molecule to combat dust mite allergy.
