Medical science says our brains shrink just less than 2% per decade as we age but a team of Wellesley College researchers say heavy drinking can speed that rate of shrinkage while increasing the risk …

Each year in the United States, approximately 700,000 people experience the devastating effects of a stroke.  Most of those strokes, about 87% of them, are ischemic strokes, which are caused when an artery to the …

Most parents would not willingly feed their children a breakfast made almost entirely of sugar but it happens more often than one would imagine, according to the people at Consumer Reports. A nutritional comparison …

Teenagers who exhibit symptoms of insomnia are more likely than other teens to develop depression or problems with substance abuse or to entertain thoughts of suicide by the time they reach early adulthood, according to …

When Cleveland Clinic researchers placed sperm samples next to cellphones and left them there for a few hours, sperm quality deteriorated.  The experiment was designed to gauge the influence a pocketed cellphone, left in “talk” …

A new study of traffic accidents has revealed an 18% increased risk of dying in a traffic-related accident on Election Day Tuesdays than on other Tuesdays during the months of October and November.  The research …

Children in the United States take psychotropic medications at a rate three or more times higher than their counterparts in Europe, according to a multi-national study recently conducted on children in the US, Germany, and …

Some scientists at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, considered experts on caffeine because of their decades-long study of the stimulant, say the high concentration of caffeine in a growing number of “energy” drinks is enough …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects at least 16 million Americans. Often associated with cigarette smoking, COPD is the nation’s #4 leading cause of death. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Medical School have …

When expectant mothers enjoy a diet rich in fish, their babies are more likely to develop better, physically and cognitively, than babies born to mothers who eat less fish. When babies are breastfed for …