Robin Prosser, a Missoula woman who struggled for a quarter century to live with the pain of an immunosuppressive disorder, tried years ago to kill herself. Last week, she tried again. This time, she succeeded.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. - An eastern Kentucky school district with one confirmed case of antibiotic-resistant staph infection plans to shut down all 23 of its schools Monday, affecting about 10,300 students, to disinfect the facilities

The medical world is recognizing the benifits of massage for everything from insomnia to fibromyalgia. Studies show that massage may decrease stress hormone cortisol while raising serotonin and dopamine as well as increasing delta waves during sleep.

A new Harvard School of Public Health study indicates that there’s more than just olive oil and red wine keeping heart disease rates down in Mediterranean countries. There’s the naps, too.

Some people appear to be genetically predisposed to developing severe depression, but researchers have yet to pin down the genes responsible. Now, a specific region rife with promise has been located on one chromosome by a consortium

In humans, a dearth of the neurotransmitter dopamine has long been known to play a role in Parkinson's disease. It is also known that mutations in a protein called parkin cause a form of Parkinson's that is inherited.

There is often a sharp divide in between the allopathic health community and the naturopathic health community? In other words, the Medical Doctors and the Natural Health Professionals often seem to disagree fundamentally. Which is right?

A University of Missouri-Columbia study says as little as 15 minutes a day of acute exercise can help prevent and fight diabetes.

The consumer advocacy group Community Catalyst and the Institute on Medicine as a Profession, a research group at Columbia University, plan to launch a campaign that will seek to limit the number of meals and other gifts that physicians accept

Missing out on sleep may cause the brain to stop producing new cells.