Karen Rowan

People living in apartment buildings may breathe in tobacco smoke even if they don't know it, a new study suggests.

Not getting enough sleep isn't good for the swimmers, a new study from Denmark says.

Children whose parents divorce are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke at some point during their lives than other children, according to a new study.

Avoiding sex may reinforces a woman's anxiety about the pain from an uncommon condition.

Teens with severe acne have double the risk of having mental health problems of other teens.

In the U.S., women's life expectancies ranged from 86 to 74.

New York City was the site of 58 percent of all cases.

Scientists had hoped to find genes that played large roles in autism, but that search has been frustrating, researchers said.

While fruits and sweet beverages generally contain both sugars, sweetened beverages generally contain a higher ratio of fructose to glucose than other foods.

By staying awake all night, we burn more calories than scientists thought we would.

The study shows there is something amiss in what appears to be normal breast tissue in women with a certain mutation.

Women with a family history of the disease had a higher risk than those without, researchers said, but both groups lowered their risk by a similar proportion by maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

The gap may be driven by income inequality, increased immigration and the growing 'digital divide.'

People who took NSAIDs had a lower risk of skin cancer, a new study says.

What's the best way for adults who know the family of a child with autism to offer support to parents?

Kids eat more when they're using big plates, a new study says. Alas, the effect was not seen when it came to eating vegetables.

One-third of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, but the rate varies widely from state to state, a new report says.

Both pregnant and nonpregnant women who said they binge drink reported doing so about three times a month, on average, and having about six drinks per occasion.

The ACL is unlike other ligaments in the knee, and needs surgical reconstruction if it's torn.

"Poop transplants," which involve transferring fecal matter from a healthy person into the colon of a infection patient, are an effective way to treat people infected with drug-resistant bacteria.

Tiny batteries, called disk or button batteries, can be swallowed by children, but they can also be inhaled, doctors warn.

Men who are overweight weight or obese are more likely to have a low sperm count, or no viable sperm, than men of normal weight, a new study says.