A new study of so-called weekend warriors found that 1 or 2 exercise sessions a week could reduce the risk of mild dementia.

After a heart attack, the body is hardwired to sleep in order to recover from injury. New research explores how this happens.

Some people might reach for a bottle of aspirin to ease pain. But the over-the-counter medication offers more than simply inflammation relief. It may provide heart benefits, too. Indeed, low-dose ...

Walking pneumonia is highly contagious and can cause very uncomfortable symptoms. Learn who can get it, how to treat and ...

Everyday Health shares their favorite organizations for rheumatoid arthritis support and information on how best to manage ...

But a practice called integrative medicine, which combines conventional cancer therapies with complementary and holistic treatments, is increasingly being used to manage the disease. While ...

If breakouts tend to show up on the same parts of your face, the location may offer clues to acne causes and treatments. This concept is known as acne face mapping. But how helpful is an acne face ...

Anyone can develop psoriatic arthritis, but it’s most common in people who already have psoriasis, affecting about 30 percent of people with the skin condition. Whether you’re managing just ...

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People may prefer to get screened for colorectal cancer with a blood test rather than a colonoscopy. But more than twice as many colorectal cancer deaths would occur with blood-based screening as ...