More often than not, medical breakthroughs require years--if not decades of arduous research. Carol Greider, PhD, one of the 2009 winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, explained how her years of scientific research may affect our ability to fight life-threatening diseases,...
Most of the promising new cancer treatments are complicated and hard to understand for those of us who don't have...
The US Food and Drug Administration granted approval to Provenge, a therapeutic vaccine aimed at preventing the spread of prostate cancer in...
Toxic metals are pervasive in our environment. Mercury is in the fish we eat, the vaccines we receive and the fillings in...
Early morning colonoscopies detect more polyps than colon cancer screenings done later in the day, and the number of polyps found decreases...
Air pollution is already linked to respiratory and cardiovascular ills, and now researchers say the dirty air you breathe may also contribute...
The prestigious British medical journal The Lancet formally retracted a highly controversial study that had linked the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)...
Laughter is great medicine...it's not just a platitude. Nor should this come as a surprise, since previous studies regarding...
For years, we've heard about two forms of cholesterol—the "bad" low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and the "good&...
Sit on the floor and reach for your toes. If you can get your fingers past them and you're 40...
We're all familiar with the circulatory system that transports oxygen-rich blood to the tissues of the body, including the heart....
Just one small square of chocolate a day might help lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk for heart disease. The...