Karen Rowan

People tend to feel friskier when the mercury rises. Why is this?

Feeling stressed out? You may be more likely to slip back into old habits than work toward your goals. Here's why.

People with low intakes of vitamins C and E, and the mineral selenium, may have a higher risk of pancreatic cancer, a new study says.

"Primary sex headaches" aren't common, but tend to strike men more often than women.

Nearly a third of workers in the U.S. aren't getting enough sleep, according to a new government report.

A new study suggests that labor does not need to be induced immediately if a pregnant woman's water breaks early, if she is close to full term.

One researcher claims to have found new evidence of the famed orgasmic spot, but other experts are skeptical.

Weight gain, smoking, and drinking during the 20s and 30s influence the age a woman undergoes menopause, a new study says.

Vitamin D has been shown to have many anti-cancer properties, researchers say.

Despite new antibotics and treatments, children are just as likely to develop an infection of "flesh-eating bacteria" as they were 10 years ago.

Researchers looked to see which parenting practices were linked with kids drinking less soda, and which practices made little difference.

Pregnant and nursing women who consume caffeine aren't causing their babies to wake up at night, a new study says.

People who exercise vigorously for short amounts of time may be healthier than those who do longer sessions of moderate exercise, a new study says.

People who reported taking vitamins or supplements were more likely to die over a 10-year period than people who didn't take them, a new study from Finland says.

In a new study, people who became parents after age 40 answered the question: What's the optimal age for parenting?

Women who suffer tension headaches, chronic headaches or migraines are more likely than others to have sexual problems, a new study from Italy says.

"Leap year" marriage proposals, where by custom women propose to men, have actually reduced women's power in courtships, new research says.

Older adults' ability to pay attention improved after they spent two weeks playing World of Warcraft.

After plastic surgery, people in a new study looked 9 years younger than their actual age, and 7 years younger than their estimated age before surgery, researchers report.

The early signs of autism are visible in the brains of 6-month-old infants, a new study finds.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked the blood pressure lowering DASH diet as the best diet of 2012.

The drug Avastin delayed the worsening of ovarian cancer by four months.