Growing access to information and the ease with which we can compare ourselves to others is making people less happy in life, says psychiatrist Rika Kayama. Her latest book "A Way of Life in which You Don't Cling to Anything" has sold 422,000 copies since

In 1997, the UK Department of Health launched a study to determine whether a popular cardiovascular drug, atorvastatin, could reduce the number of heart attacks and strokes in diabetic patients.

The Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009 addresses only the children who fail a vision screening. Unfortunately, this bill does not address the true problem--the vision screening system and its substitution for eye examinations. From Janet's Journal blog.

Declaring "our security is at stake," President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan Tuesday night, nearly tripling the force he inherited as commander in chief.

For those who are keen to keep fit but low on motivation, a personal trainer is often the best option. But the human version may not be the most effective. Dog owners get more exercise walking their pet than someone with a gym membership,

A British research doctor working for a pharmaceutical company has been arrested in Alaska in an internet sex sting. John Felton, 45, allegedly thought he was going to meet a perverted father and his two young children.

A team of American and French scientists have just documented the fact that there are a lot of bacteria in cigarettes and that the bacterial population includes some human pathogens. They don't actually know if this leads to human disease- after........

Dr Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija says what she went through after losing two children made her understand the pain other women undergo. She counts as an achievement educating disadvantaged women on simple ways to ensure babies survive the first 28 days after

Researchers are working on a new form of cancer treatment that will most likely become available within 5 years. The treatment works on healthy cells by modifying the function of gene to make the cells immune from huge dose of radiation .....

Congress has done it. They've thrown women's reproductive rights under the bus. They've catered to religious extremists rather than protect the health of our mothers, daughters, and sisters