Trying to quit smoking? Here, have another serving of peas. And munch on some broccoli or fruit salad while you're at it.

Being afraid of the dark isn't just a childish phobia. Many adults suffer from this phobia, and it may be an underlying factor contributing to insomnia.

The ability to predict diabetes is key to preventing the disease. But some of the tests that predict diabetes can be expensive. Measuring waist size may be a cheap and easy way to identify people at risk of diabetes. People with a large waist circumference may have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. A large waist circumference was especially associated with diabetes in women. Exercise often and eat healthy to prevent diabetes. Obesity is the main cause of diabetes worldwide. Yet diabetes often develops in people who are overweight but not obese. While diet and exercise ca...

Due to the high standards required by the clinical testing process for pharmaceuticals, cancer drugs can linger in limbo for several years before securing approval.

Scientists love to find unusual cases and translate their findings to a broader application. A discovery made using liver parasites in Thailand may have recently allowed us to track liver cancer development with a simple blood test. A lot of cutting edge research on liver cancers that develop in the bile ducts and gall bladder has been done in Thailand because of the high rate of cancer development due to a parasite in the region. Ask your doctor about cancer screening. A partnership between George Washington University and Khon Kaen University in Thailand resulted in the large...

The depression and mania symptoms of bipolar disorder can come and go. Researchers looked into what factors might predict relapse of symptoms. Bipolar mood episodes can show up as depression, mania, or mixed episodes that contain symptoms of both depression and mania. Mood episodes were more likely to show up again in people who had more limited access to services because they lived in rural areas and in people who were more severely disabled by their condition.  People with these risk factors could be the target of new interventions. Discuss bipolar symptoms with a psychia...

While the amount of radiation from an X-ray is not very much, a CT scan is a collection of a few dozen X-rays in a quick series, and it begins to add up.

Once a resistance to chemotherapy develops in leukemia, it can be extremely difficult to turn back the tide. A new drug focuses on changing that.

Living with constant pain while feeling your pain is unacknowledged by society is a devastating reality for many suffering from fibromyalgia.

One of the world's most destructive fatal diseases is one step closer to a possible vaccine following a second trial of a vaccine for Alzheimer's disease.