How Your Health Choices Can Change Your GenesAlice G. Walton
Genes are not just static building blocks. Health choices and the environment influence them.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Doing your best is a balancing act involving practice, calmness and drive. What research has found.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
Why are kids and adolescents with ADHD prone to substance use?
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Sleep can help you lose weight, make better decisions, and improve your sex life.
Read more >Well Informed is a two-part series designed to help you evaluate health information and understand the different kinds of scientific studies behind it.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
Do the stimulants used to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) put them at risk for future drug abuse?
Read more >Hanyi Zhuang, Ph.D. and Hiroaki Matsunami, Ph.D.
The sense of smell is vital to humans and other animals, and it makes life more interesting.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
It is important to know if the information you are gathering on the Web is from a credible source.
Read more >Sheryl Merkin, M.S., F.N.P., C.D.E., Sharon Movsas, M.S., R.D., C.D.E. and Joel Zonszein, M.D., C.D.E.
A lack of insulin or an inability to respond to insulin is known as "insulin resistance."
Read more >Rafi Kevorkian, M.D.
Insomnia, weight loss, rapid emotional swings, or slow walking and reduced physical activity may be signs of depression in the elderly.
Read more >Howard L. Fields, M.D., Ph.D.
Vertigo: Its Causes and TreatmentHuai Y. Cheng, M.D.
A Body to Die For: The ABC's of Eating DisordersKathryn J. Zerbe, M.D.
Recovering bulimics should protect their teeth by NOT brushing vigorously.
Read more >Kathryn J. Zerbe, M.D.
Even small amounts of caffeine in some at-risk individuals can precipitate or exaggerate anxiety.
Read more >Susan C. Stewart, M.D.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, if an American woman smoked a cigarette it was considered disgraceful behavior.
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