When elderly people get injured from falling, it can affect their overall health and quality of life. Training programs for balance and strength may help people avoid falling.

Doctors may be well aware that diabetes raises the risk of heart problems, but many diabetes patients may not know about these risks. Effort to educate patients about heart risks may be needed.

Even though it is clear that certain lifestyle changes can prevent heart disease and diabetes, many people still do not make these needed changes. The barbershop may be one place to convince people to change.

Who would have thought a text message could put a teen on a sex offender list? Yet this is one of the more extreme possible consequences of the increasing trend of " sexting ."

Surgery to remove a child's tonsils or adenoids to treat sleep apnea is a relatively low-risk procedure. But the pain relief offered after the surgery requires careful supervision.

Steroid abuse is always bad, but for teens the damage can be more serious and last longer. Steroids can change the way an adolescent’s brain develops and vital organs function.

Pencils? Check. Books? Check. After you've gone through your checklist of school supplies, make sure that you've checked off all the vaccinations your child needs for back to school.

People tend to lie far more than they realize, even about relatively insignificant things, according to psychological research. But these lies may contribute to poorer overall health.

Taking care of a stroke patient can be a difficult and time-consuming task. Stroke patient caregivers need all the support they can get.

Ever since Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila ran the marathon barefoot for gold in the 1960 Olympic Games, running shoeless has been a cool thing. But is barefoot running good or bad for the body?