They relieve anxiety and help many patients sleep, but benzodiazepines might not be the best choice for many patients — especially over the long term. Still, many older patients were taking these medications. 

Indoor tanning may mean burns and other injuries rather than just sun-kissed skin. The simple way to avoid these injuries? Avoiding tanning altogether or taking some simple precautions.

At the moment, electronic cigarettes are unregulated, widely advertised and readily available in the US — and they may be catching on with teens. But parents can take action to keep their kids from using nicotine products of any kind.

Missing out on Zs? Your job or long commute may be to blame.

Some doctors may believe that opioids to treat pain are prescribed too often and pose a risk of abuse. That belief might have made some less likely to prescribe these medications.

Pain relievers are meant to lower your pain level — not your blood sugar. One pain reliever might lower some patients' blood sugar to unsafe levels.

It's easy to dismiss symptoms like irregular moles or unexplained pain. And while they're probably nothing, you should have a doctor check them out.

To kids, a couch can be a castle, a bed can be a trampoline and a table can be a bridge. To parents, however, furniture can be a serious injury risk to their adventurous kids.

That long-awaited action figure or scooter under the Christmas tree might pose a risk of injury to your child.

Many people don't take their medications as prescribed. Researchers recently attempted to find out why.