Joe Brownstein

Is it possible for a placebo to work the opposite way?

In a new study, researchers looked at the effectiveness of a number of methods used to teach parents to communicate with their children about sex.

New eye therapies increased to 1.24 million from 430,000 in a 10-year period.

Man's best friend may help reduce the severity of allergies.

Men with gum disease are more likely to have erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a new study, but the reason for the link remains unclear.

It's effective, but is it really safe?

Focusing on healthy food groups, rather than individual vitamins, is what helps lower cancer risk.

Trying alcohol for the first time a few years earlier may greatly increase the use of alcohol as a coping technique for stress later in life.

Interpreting the information on food labels as a consumer can be tricky.

School-based programs are key in getting kids to healthy weights, a new review of studies finds.

Despite their variety, all diets come back to one core principle.

People with metabolic syndrome were 20 percent more likely to experience a decline in their short-term memory over the study period.

Could kicking and punching people in your sleep be an early sign of a brain disorder?

Raising children can be an obstacle to good diet and exercise, study says.

Alternative treatments for colic don't work.

A dad's online chronicle of his son's crying has struck a chord. Experts explain why toddlers cry so frequently and easily, and what can parents do.