MONDAY, Oct. 30, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Excess belly fat dramatically increases the risk of complic..

MONDAY, Oct. 30, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Black licorice candy may be more trick than treat for adult..

MONDAY, Oct. 30, 2017 (HealthDay News) — One in every 30 children in the United States has high bloo..

TUESDAY, Oct. 31, 2017 (HealthDay News) — If your taste buds lean toward spicy, you might be doing y..

TUESDAY, Oct. 31, 2017 (HealthDay News) — The tiny thyroid gland could have a big impact on heart he..

Politics Brand-name drugmakers and the companies that make copycat versions of their medicines are split over a proposal that one side says could take a bite out of its revenue and the other says could foster jobs. The clash is over a waiver of a special type of intellectual property protection given to medicines developed by the companies who are the first to bring

Adult children of divorced parents are more likely to get divorced themselves, compared to those who grew up in two-parent homes, research has shown. Now, a forthcoming study in Psychological Science suggests that the reason may have more to do with nature than with nurture. In other words, an increased risk for divorce may be coded in our genes. To determine whether

Holidays and summer vacations seem to affect when couples break up, researchers say. More divorces happen in March and August than in any other months, according to a new study from the University of Washington. The research is believed to be the first to find evidence of a seasonal pattern of marriage breakups, and suggests that family rituals around winter holidays and

MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2017 (HealthDay News) — A commonly promoted exercise purported to help a woman control a leaky bladder probably isn't effective, experts say. The workout — called the abdominal hypopressive technique — (AHT) is a breathing and "posture-correcting" approach widely known and used in North America, South America and Europe, said a team of European