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Daughters Follow Moms into Dangerous Tanning SalonsYoung women are more likely to tan if their moms or someone else in their family also tans.
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Sex Increases Risk of Brain Aneurysm Rupture
A ruptured aneurysm could lead to stroke.
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Could High-Fat Binges Limit Heart Attack Damage?
But the hearts of mice that ate a high-fat diet for six weeks weren't protected during a heart attack.
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Marriage Trouble Could Mean Poor Sleep for Baby
18-month-olds have a hard time getting to sleep if their parents contemplated divorce when they were 9 months old.
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5 Experts Answer: Is Lack of Sleep Bad for Health?
Trouble sleeping can lead to anxiety, depression, weight gain and immune dysfunction, experts say.
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Nearly 1 in 5 Young Adults Has High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is more common in men than in women.
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Something Fishy: Baked, Broiled Fish Cuts Heart Failure Risk
But fried fish raises heart failure risk by 48 percent.
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Myth or Truth? 7 Ancient Health Ideas ExplainedFrom chicken noodle soup to hot-cold imbalances, we look at the science to see if cultural health remedies have merit.
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Bone-Marrow Stem Cells Safe for Treating Heart Attack Patients in First US Trial
Stem cells could improve blood flow to damaged areas of the heart.
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Sticky Problem: Chemicals Used to Make Nonstick Pans Linked to High Cholesterol
Everyone has low levels of these chemicals in the body, scientists say.
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More Money and No Dad Could Mean Early Puberty in Girls
These girls were more likely to develop breasts and grow pubic hair at a young age.
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High BMI Predicts Heart Risks as Well as Large Waistline
The finding challenges the long-held belief that belly fat is worse than other kinds of fat.
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Discovery of Protein Structure May Aid Fight Against Cancer, HIV
When CXCR4 protein's signaling goes awry, cancer cells are able to grow and HIV can infect cells.
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Achilles' Heel of Flu Virus Revealed, Brings Hope for New DrugsBy understanding basics of viral reproduction, scientists are closer to knocking out flu's Achilles' heel.
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Cancer History Raises Risk of Memory Decline
People with a cancer history are 40 percent more likely to have memory problems than healthy people.
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Extra Pounds Put the Squeeze on Blood Pressure in Overweight Kids
The higher the BMI, the higher the blood pressure in kids who are overweight.
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Heavy Smoking Boosts Risk of Alzheimer's, Study Finds
Smoking increases Alzheimer's disease risk by 157 percent, a new study says.
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Chest Compressions Now Come First in CPRDo chest compressions first, then check the airway and do mouth-to-mouth breathing, according to new guidelines.
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Resistance and Endurance Training Make a Difference in Heart Health, Study Shows
MRIs reveal that triathletes' hearts showed physical differences from those of less active people.
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Starting Chemo Early Doesn't Always Help
Relapsed ovarian cancer patients who took chemo early had same survival rate as patients who waited.
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Spice of Life: Turmeric Boosts Effects of Chemo in Fighting TumorsCurcumin, found in the spice turmeric, works with chemo drug Cisplatin to suppress head and neck tumor growth.
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The Best HIV Prevention Strategies Differ by At-Risk GroupFrom social marketing to the Internet, HIV prevention experts spread messages of safe sex and clean syringe use.
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Vitamin B12 Can Protect Against Alzheimer's, More Evidence SuggestsEven a small amount of the vitamin can greatly decrease one's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
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Coffee Protects Against Type of Breast Cancer
Women who drink five cups of coffee a day are 57 percent less likely to develop the cancer than women who drink less than a cup of coffee a day.
