Cigarettes, hormones and heart hardware - they're all headlines of some of the latest heart disease research in women. It turns out hormone replacement therapy may help the hearts of women while birth control pills may not. And smoking can increase a woman's risk of heart attack.
There's a new health alert for parents and their children. Teenagers are finding a new weed to smoke, and the drug could land them in the hospital, or worse.
Some parents in Wareham were tired of seeing their young daughter with a pouch around her waist. It was there to hold her insulin pump. So they came up with another idea, and it's taking off.
Childhood obesity is a growing problem, and it's easy to blame it on lack of exercise and unhealthy eating habits. But now a new study says a lack of sleep may play a role.
It's long been a mystery as to why women are more likely than men to suffer painful and debilitating migraines. Now, a scientist says he knows why, and he's busy developing a promising new treatment.
A good night's sleep, it's what millions of Americans dream about. But common sleep disorders can keep you from getting much needed rest. Figuring out the problem used to require a hospital stay, but now there's a much more comfortable option.
Everyone is thrilled by the Red Sox World Series victory, but for some watching certain players means more than a ball, strike or a homerun.
For one disabled woman in Vermont, getting around and accomplishing everyday tasks can be difficult. She used to have a service dog to help her, but when he died earlier this year, she turned to a new kind of helper.
The dangerous and even deadly superbug is here in the hub. A Boston public school student has been infected.
One of the most frustrating things about Alzheimer’s is that it's hard to detect early. Now researchers say they've found a way to do it, and it could help millions of people start treatment earlier.
The food pyramid has served as a nutritional guideline for years. Today, the USDA is putting a new spin on it, revealing a brand new nutritional guide just for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Nearly six million people in this country suffer from a heart arrhythmia, causing the upper chambers of the heart to beat too fast. Without proper treatment, this may lead to a stroke.
Conjoined twins happen about one in every 250,000,000 births. Today, there was a special meeting between two boys who were separated four years ago and the local man who made it all possible.
If you gained 10, 20 or 30 lbs. during your first few years of marriage, don't feed bad, you're not alone. Researchers have found that young adults who get married pack on more pounds than their single friends.
For more than 60 years, the Pap smear has saved countless women from cervical cancer. But new studies released in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest another test may be better at predicting which cells are actually cancerous.
October is breast cancer awareness month, and this morning one of the anchors of the "Today Show", Hoda Kotb, revealed her personal battle with the disease.
Don't understand why your child just won't go to bed? Researchers at Brown University are trying to find answers, conducting studies on children to learn more about their sleep patterns.
You may not like the smell of garlic, but researchers at the University of Alabama-Birmingham say that odor may help keep your heart healthy.
It turns out hospitals may be harboring the bacteria responsible for that girl's death and many others. That's according to a study out today from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
There's some promising news in the war against cancer. The latest report from the country's top cancer organizations shows the risk of dying from the dreaded disease is continuing to drop.