A Closer Look at Breastfeeding Habits

Official medical recommendations are to breastfeed babies exclusively for a baby's first six months, but is this too lofty a goal for some women? What happens when reality meets idealism?

Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Refined Yet Again

If you're a woman - or a man - cancer screening guidelines have been all over the place of late. Here comes another refinement in the recommendations for cervical cancer screenings.

Tiny Baby = Later Heart Trouble for Mom?

Having a baby classified as small for his or her age might mean more than tiny onesies . It's also an indication that mom should watch out for later developing heart disease.

Eye Damage Means Brain Damage

If you have problems with your eyes, you may have problems with your brain. Vascular disease, a condition effecting the blood vessels, could be linked between the brain and the eye.

Beating Heart Bypass More Dangerous

For patients with clogged arteries requiring coronary bypass surgery, the safest option may be an operation while the heart is stopped.

A Difficult Issue

The scourge of late night television and advertisements for erectile dysfunction are now unavoidable, showing up in your magazines, in your email and in your AARP newsletter. What is erectile dysfunction, and what exactly do these drugs do?

Pilots and Train Operators Need Sleep

We rely on planes, trains and automobiles to get us where we need to go, but what if the people operating those vehicles aren't getting enough sleep? Guess what - they're not.

Weight Loss Program Shows Promise

The obesity epidemic especially afflicts low-income people - who are also less likely to receive good health care. But at least one experimental program offers some positive results.

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Helps Alcoholics

In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s researchers tested the effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) as a treatment for alcoholics. The results of multiple trials has not been pooled and analyzed until now.

Head & Neck Cancer Aggressive in Transplant Patients

Generally, cancers found in and around the throat are associated with a history of smoking or drinking. However, an aggressive form of this cancer shows up in some organ transplant patients who are taking drugs to prevent organ rejection.