Patients who have previously suffered from a blood vessel blockage and received a medication-coated stent to prop the artery open may have a lower risk of developing another blockage or having a heart attack.

Many cancer survivors report having pain and tiredness after cancer treatment and recovering, but why are these rates so high? Researchers examined the reason for these problems.

Family history has been a known risk factor for mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Now, researchers find more similarity between these disorders.

A long-standing debate in the psychological community is whether traits such as self-esteem, optimism and mastery - the belief that you have control over your own life - are genetically imbedded or developed throughout life.

It may go against what your parents always warned you about, but lifelong musicians actually experience less hearing loss as they age.

A new model of the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), as well as its treatment, has been created. The model offers new insight into the disorder, which disrupts a person's life with unwanted thoughts and repetitive rituals that cause anxiety.

For some small, rural hospitals, having an around-the-clock stroke expert on staff isn't cost effective as compared to the number of strokes treated. Instead a technological solution called telestroke may be more appropriate.

For insomniacs, falling asleep and staying asleep can be very challenging, and the side effects of daytime drowsiness, difficulty concentrating and impaired motor coordination can be debilitating.

Under the sea where the sea monsters live, the seaweed is always greener. Not only is it greener, seaweed might also have nutritional compounds to prevent heart disease.