Millions of Americans suffer from headaches, shoulder and neck pain, and ringing in the ears without even knowing they may be suffering from a disorder of the jaw. These people often live with the pain and discomfort thinking that stress

The heart is the organ responsible for pumping blood through thearteries so that it can circulate and reach various parts...

Psychic numbness is a form of stress. In the World War 1, it was calledshellshock. In World War II it...

A team of Université Laval researchers has shown that the main neurological markers for Alzheimer's disease are exacerbated in the brains of mice fed a diet rich in animal fat and poor in omega-3s. Details of the study—which suggests that

Life can be stressful, whether you're an individual watching the stock market crash or a commuter stuck in traffic. A new study, forthcoming in the journal Psychological Science, examines how stress affects decision-making and finds that older adults alter their

These days, going to the doctor may seem more like speed dating than care giving. Patients get a few minutes with the clinician, and he or she does most of the talking.How can a person get the information they need

Babies with serious infections during their first year of life appear more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis at an early age, Swedish researchers said on Tuesday.Previous studies have suggested infections somehow trigger the autoimmune condition later in life but the

Although Metabolic Research, Inc (the manufacturer of Stemulite) doesn't pay me (although the signed contract is sitting in my attorney's safe - but I digress), I still seem to get all the comments. (That's Stemulite user Cato June to your

And their health-care costs have put them in a financial hole.

In the first study, researchers from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto and colleagues found that a universal vaccination program implemented in the Ontario province in 2000 helped lower flu-related deaths, hospitalizations, and visits to emergency departments and

In fact, most respondents feared shark bites, plane crashes or cancer more, even though they are more likely to get diabetes, according to the pollsters.

Veterans who reported sexual trauma, such as rape and threatening sexual harassment, were three times more likely to be diagnosed with a mental illness such as depression or post-traumatic stress disorder.

The study included 39 patients with refractory status epilepticus (RSE) -- prolonged seizures that don't respond to initial treatment. The condition occurs in patients with primary epilepsy and in those with other conditions such as trauma, tumors and infections that

Nearly 15 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans seeking medical care from the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department have suffered sexual trauma, from harassment to rape, researchers reported on Tuesday.And these veterans were 1.5 times as likely as other veterans to

A groundbreaking study by two University of Rochester psychologists to be published online Oct. 28 by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology adds color—literally and figuratively—to the age-old question of what attracts men to women.Through five psychological experiments, Andrew

In the first study to look at the effect of neighborhood greenness on inner city children's weight over time, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the University of Washington report that higher neighborhood

In a study, children who were spanked frequently at age 3 years were 50 percent more likely to be aggressive 2 years later than their counterparts who were not spanked.Dr. Catherine A. Taylor, of Tulane University School of Public Health

More expensive medications and an increasing number of patients is driving up the cost of treating type 2 diabetes in the US, researchers reported Monday."Although increasing costs of therapy are partly attributable to more patients with diabetes and more medications