Johns Hopkins cardiologists recently reported they have come up with a way to estimate a person’s risk of dying in a decade.

Almond joy Snacking on almonds seems to lessen the risk of heart disease and reduce belly and leg fat, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. In a 12-week study at Penn State University, 52 overweight, middle-aged adults who were basically healthy but had high cholesterol levels followed nearly identical cholesterol-lowering diets. The only difference in the diets was that some participants ate a daily snack of 1.5 ounces of almonds while others ate a banana muffin containing the same number of calories as the almonds. Those who ate the almonds experienced a decrease ...

A woman who is immune to bedbug bites has enabled scientists to figure out what attracts the insects to human skin, and as a result, bedbug traps should be available sometime this year.

A researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) has found a rather simple way to improve older adults’ satisfaction with hearing aids.

Fourteen-year-old Katya Gehrin went to bed with back pain on April 15, 2014. When she awoke the next morning, the St. Charles County teen was paralyzed from her shoulders to her toes.

Water. We turn on the tap and out it pours – clean, safe and ready to use. But that’s not the case in Haiti – at least not for everyone.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned about the use of fetal ultrasounds for the creation of “keepsake” images.

Older folks who resist using social media may be depriving themselves of some life-changing benefits, a two-year study in the U.K. demonstrated.

Joining a gym, signing up for an exercise class, hiring a personal trainer or committing to an at-home fitness regimen all are great ways to kick-start a healthy new year, but will you still be sticking with it by the time spring break rolls around?

The rate of toy-related injuries to children rose nearly 40 percent from 1990 through 2011, a study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found. Much of that increase occurred after a new type of foot-powered scooter became popular in 2000, researchers said.