Lauren Cox

The diagnosis of any mental illness should be left to professionals, but experts said there are some signs to look for.

Mice were less likely to have offspring when researchers disrupted their usual sleep and wake cycle, a new study says.

Young men who take erection medications when they don't need them may be harming their sex lives, a new survey suggests.

After an old cheerleading injury developed into severe back pain, Lynn, an almost-30, middle class newlywed, developed an addiction to opioid painkillers.

Nodular melanoma can look different from other melanomas, and can also be more deadly.

Scientists have used surveys, radiographs and biopsies to look for the mysterious G-spot, but conclusive evidence of its existence has not been found, a new study says.

Whether your diet includes extra calories in the form of fat or protein, it doesn't matter -- both will pack on extra body fat, a new study finds.

Here are five predictions, provided to MyHealthNewsDaily by experts in their fields.

Some pedophiles can, with treatment, learn to redirect their attention to healthy relationships. Others are less likely to change.

Many women in the study saw expanding waistlines, even if they did not gain weight.

Testing tears may have an advantage in comfort over testing blood.

That's not to say Kegel exercises couldn't help women, sexually or otherwise.

The healthier the pastor or reverend, the more likely that their organization ran health initiatives.

PSA testing saves lives, but also catches cancers that are slow-growing and not lethal.

More than 1 in 10 parents vaccinated their children outside of the schedule recommended by the CDC.

Recovered alcoholics who had been sober for years still had balance problems.

Government powers fall short of pulling sick people from their homes.

Policymakers are wondering how much their health care will cost.

What significant advances can we expect in 2011?

Humans may be smarter than our primate cousins, but research has shown their immune systems may trump ours, in some ways.

Contrary to decades of doctors' advice, a new study has found that a weight lifting may not put women at risk for developing lymphedema after breast cancer surgery.

Modern science has sparked a debate about how to view it and whether a person's libido can be increased by a drug.

Gravitational tugs, the moon and inertia all come in to play.