While the idea of your body telling you to go to sleep may seem simple, it's actually a very complex process. In fact, that process also impacts certain side effects in asthma and allergy medications.

Although the tobacco industry publicizes cigarette additives to be harmless, recent research suggests the opposite to be true.

A larger number of hospitals are offering an emergency artery-opening procedure following a heart attack. This may do little to help patients though, since access to care has improved very little.

As a population ages, regions are impacted both socially and economically. New research shows that the actual age in years of a population may have less impact than the level of cognitive functioning.

When problem behavior starts showing up early in children, parents and other caregivers should recognize and address it. Kids who show early signs of aggressive or impulsive behavior, sleep problems and depression are more likely to have thoughts of harming themselves.

As research continues to improve understanding on the pathology of disease, medications found to be beneficial for one disease may be proven effective in treating different, unrelated medical issues.  

Weather forecasting is a pretty complicated science, despite how easy it looks on TV.  Now, scientists are seeing how this technology can be used to predict the course of brain cancer.

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is credited with lengthening the lives of people with HIV and decreasing the number of new infections. But when should patients start the treatment?

From work conferences to self-help books, the benefits of positive thinking are apparent, and recent research shows that even young children can make sense of the advantage of light on the bright side.