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Deadly Clostridioides difficile infections may not result from transmission but from within the infected patient themselves, a new study ...

With paid leave, older adults are spending less time looking after their grandchildren and more time looking after ...

Nearly one in 10 Americans over 65 has dementia, according to the first nationally representative study of cognitive ...

People in a recent study who were more grateful had lower blood pressure and heart rate, as well ...

A diet high in sugar can lower the ability to taste sweetness, a new study with rats shows. ...

Taking a pill may bring short-term relief for arthritis-related joint pain, but many older adults may not realize ...

A new program called “prehabilitation” designed to help patients get physically and mentally ready for an upcoming surgery ...

One in three new mothers during early COVID-19 screened positive for postpartum depression, a new study shows. That’s ...

If you have trouble falling asleep, problems remembering or concentrating are likely to occur more than a decade ...

During COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, more adults report using alcohol and drugs to cope with stress, researchers report. More ...

Kids with public insurance are slightly more likely to receive medical care that they don’t need than those ...

Many surgeons write prescriptions for opioid pain medications four times larger than what their patients will actually use ...

Mercury concentrations in Hawaiian-caught bigeye and yellowfin tuna are steadily rising and mirror increases in North Pacific waters ...

It sounds like the plot of a 1950s science fiction movie: Normal, helpful bacteria begin to eat their ...

Stress isn't good for you, but it's not good for your spouse, either. For older married couples, one ...

Like an endlessly repeating video loop, horrible memories and thoughts can play over and over in the minds ...

Childbirth is arguably the most traumatic event the human body can undergo—and new imaging techniques show that up ...

The stress of living in extreme poverty may cause the early onset of age-related diseases and can take ...

During the past two decades, astronomers have discovered 300 “hot Jupiters,” but for the first time they’ve found ...

Many married couples think they may never have a normal conversation or a full night's sleep after the ...

We've all been there: We eat an entire sleeve of fat-free, low-calorie cookies, and we're stuffing ourselves with ...

Researchers have two words for companies that want to boost employee productivity and safety: nap pods. Taking a ...

Cranberry juice capsules can lower the risk of urinary tract infection (UTI) by 50 percent in women who have ...

The pain of social rejection lasts longer for people who are depressed because their brain cells release less natural opioids, ...

Why are some foods—like chocolate, pizza, and French fries—more addictive than others—like brown rice or salmon? The answer may ...

Activating the amygdala, an almond-shaped part of the brain that processes emotions, can give rats an addictive, intense ...

When a couple is expecting a baby, it's not just the mother that goes through hormonal changes. A ...