On TV, Sex and the City makes regular Cosmo-drinking sessions seem like a glamorous, harmless pastime. In reality, though, excessive alcohol use can relate to overeating and depression in young women, according to a new study.
Having problems with your health plan? If you speak up about it — or move on to another plan — you are a very unusual consumer, according to a new study.
In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, their race can affect how severe the disease will become, according to a new study.
More than 40 percent of Mexican-Americans in California have never had either of the most common screening tests for colorectal cancer, compared with 22 percent of non-Latino white Californians, which could be due to language barriers between patients and physicians, suggests a new study from San Diego State University.
Many people think twice before adding a dash of salt to their food, but don’t realize that the majority of dietary sodium comes from packaged foods and eating out, according to a new study.
More than one in 10 people who binge drinks gets behind the wheel of a car during or just after their binge. Of those, more than half had consumed their liquor in a bar, restaurant or club.
Mistrust among patients, providers and insurers could harm patients’ health and raise overall health care costs, reports a new study.
Drinkers aren’t just bending their elbows: according to a new study, the more alcohol people drink, the more likely they might be to exercise.
A new U.S. study has found that doctors, like the majority of people who responded, prefer whites to blacks subconsciously, which potentially can affect their ability to provide equal health care to their minority patients.
Your parents still might be willing to do your laundry, but if you’re over 18, they can’t make your medical decisions.
Teens who exercise vigorously have a better quality of sleep than their couch-potato peers, according to a new Swiss study.
A new program that urges middle-school students to figure out their values regarding sex appears to reduce the likelihood that they will engage in early sexual activity, a study finds.
Milestones such as marriage and motherhood - or retirement and widowhood - can affect the amount of exercise women get, according to a large new study from Australia.
A new study shows that one in five U.S. adolescents "lends" or "borrows" diverse prescriptions, with consequences that could be dangerous or even deadly.
Stress about school and life keeps students awake at night, and stress affects the quality of their sleep far more than alcohol, caffeine or late-night electronics use, a new study shows.
Feelings of depression could be one reason patients fail to follow their doctors' orders on exercising and eventually become less physically active, a new research review finds.
More than two-thirds of all emergency department visits for childhood poisoning involve prescription and over-the-counter medications, more than twice the rate of poisonings from consumer products, reports a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The more time spent doing different types of enjoyable activities, the better a person's health tends to be, according to a new study.
Many pregnant women do not get the prenatal care they need. Could financial incentives for patients or health care providers improve outcomes?
African-American adolescents have some of the highest rates of HIV infection in the United States, and efforts to educate them about preventing the disease must include the help of their adolescent peers, new research suggests.
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