Driving can be a real drag, but many people keep their mind focused with a hot cup of java. A recent study defends this intuitive decision by savvy travelers.

It's such a part of our cultural landscape - that brown color that fizzes and tickles your nose and back of your throat when you pop open a bottle of Coke or Pepsi - that it's even become a part of our lexicon. We describe something as "cola-colored."

A rare life-threatening bone disease that impairs breathing may soon be treatable. In a recent study, enzyme-replacement therapy was effective in improving lung function and motor skills.

Newborns who arrive early often face respiratory problems since their lungs may not yet be fully developed. A new drug approved by the FDA joins four others to treat these problems.

Though more women worldwide are planning inductions or cesarean sections to give birth around specific schedules, evidence reveals it's safest to wait until the baby is ready to arrive.

Childhood asthma continues to be a tricky thing to predict. New studies are bringing doubt to the effectiveness of using atopy , a genetic predisposition to allergic reactions, to predict asthma.

Ya either love 'em or you hate 'em. You know those cruciferous vegetables that are among the best things for you on and from the earth. Scientists are getting to know more about why broccoli blocks cancer.

A project to sequence genetic mutations in a particularly aggressive form of childhood leukemia developed a list of common mutations - the first step in developing adequate pharmaceutical targeted therapy.

Children exposed to as little as half an alcoholic drink a day in utero - even if they didn't have fetal alcohol syndrome - appeared to suffer in their achievement test scores.