When do you think more clearly: winter or summer? What time of year is your short-term memory at its best? A small new study suggests ...

Instant messaging can be a source of emotional support for teens and help them collaborate on school projects, but new research shows that texting after ...

Tackling should be eliminated from youth football due to the risks that collisions and head injuries pose to young athletes, a researcher argues in the ...

Patients suffered no extra harm when doctors training to be surgeons were allowed to work longer shifts, a study released Tuesday concludes, adding to a push to ...

Local health officials in Texas have confirmed a case of Zika virus infection that was transmitted by sex, and not by the bite of a ...

Americans are 10 times more likely to be killed by guns than people in other developed countries, a new study finds. Compared to 22 other ...

When patients with chronic diseases get text reminders from their doctor’s office to take their medicines, it doubles the chances they will take those drugs ...

Some clinical departments tend to undertreat when prescribing statins, according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. ...

Heart surgery patients who receive home visits from physician’s assistants are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital, a new study finds. They also ...

New guidelines, published online Jan. 22 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, have been developed for assessing the appropriateness of imaging for patients ...