Your risk of osteoarthritis is higher if you are obese, have had joint injuries, or overuse your joints. But can the shape of your joint play a role in arthritis?

Oral cancers are on the rise, and yet accurately diagnosing the disease remains somewhat problematic. Researchers have found that two existing tests can be used to diagnose a particular type of this cancer.

Family members who care for patients suffering from dementia are frequently under stress and are more at risk of suffering from depression. A specialized type of psychotherapy may help.

Children with autism generally have head and brain overgrowth that is larger than the development of children without autism. Several brain regions involved in cognition, communication and social skills show dysfunction early in life for autistics.

Eerily similar to the concept of CBS' hit series Person of Interest, where an ex-CIA agent uses science to identify crimes before they happen, a new study suggests the use of science and psychiatry to identify one particular self-inflicted crime.

So you have to take a pill every day. It's saving your life, but doing anything every single day for the rest of your life is daunting. Recent research looked at which medications leukemia patients take more faithfully.

Although nearly one in four Americans suffers from insomnia, many remedies commonly used for a bad night's sleep have potentially unsafe side effects. 

Living with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic heart condition in which the heart becomes thick, doesn't have to be a death sentence. New guidelines suggest patients can live normal life spans.

Alzheimer's disease patients can have trouble remembering basics from the faces of loved ones to where they put something down. A medical food that has showed promise in trials could help with a memory boost.