Teenagers who use electronic cigarettes may be more likely to smoke the real thing, new research suggests. The study, which included almost 2,100 California high ...

Music training improves teens’ hearing and language skills, a new study says. The findings suggest that music instruction can help teens do better in school, ...

Teens who have legal permission to use medical marijuana are 10 times more likely to say they’re addicted than those who get the drug illegally, ...

More than a quarter-million Vietnam veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms today, four decades after the war’s end, a new study estimates. And ...

Some women who have surgery for early stage breast cancer may benefit from additional radiation to nearby lymph nodes, two new clinical trials suggest. Researchers ...

TUESDAY, July 21, 2015 — Women with mild thinking and memory problems — known as mild cognitive impairment — deteriorate twice as fast mentally as ...

The number of people with Alzheimer’s disease is set to skyrocket in the United States due to the aging of the baby-boom generation, and the ...

Here’s yet another reason not to overuse antibiotics: Children treated with the antibacterial drugs may face a greater risk for developing juvenile arthritis, new research ...

Sunburns are painful and potentially cancer-causing, but that hasn’t stopped them from becoming an increasingly popular means of artistic expression. Experts are now speaking out ...

Among women with a family history of breast cancer, breast cancer survivors tend to gain more weight than women who are free of the disease, ...