Getting proper nutrition is important for older people to maintain strength and muscle mass. Frailty can come from not getting enough to eat.

There's more reason not to sniff the paint. Or let your kids play with wires. Children with asthma who are exposed to products with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) could feel worse.

There are two major types of lung cancer. The most common type is called non-small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer makes up only about 15 percent of the 226,000 cases of lung cancer diagnosed in the US every year. New treatments for this more aggressive lung cancer may be on the horizon.

As many as one in every 88 children has an autism spectrum disorder ( ASD ). Research to understand ASD and find new treatments is costly. Nine research groups now have funding.

Americans have been fortunate not to have the ongoing violence of war-torn Iraq. But surprisingly, one of the more violent mental health conditions is less common in Iraq.

The NFL season kicked off September 5. The same day, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a special report about NFL players' deaths from brain diseases.

Currently about 67 million American adults have high blood pressure. Though most with hypertension see a doctor at least twice a year and take medicine, that doesn't mean most have it under control.

They say you can never go home again. But thousands of veterans do, and it's not easy. But that can be a good thing.

Memory problems are the first symptoms of dementia. New research shows that changes in the brain may show up as much as 10 years before memory symptoms.

There are many tests used to diagnose prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. These same tests can also give doctors a picture of patients' blood sugar control and risk of heart problems. But which tests work best?