Alternative tobacco products like snus and hookahs may be gaining popularity among teens and young adults — and they may also spark later cigarette use.

Pain relievers are meant to lower your pain level — not your blood sugar. One pain reliever might lower some patients' blood sugar to unsafe levels.

If you've got metabolic syndrome, you may have a raised risk for urinary tract symptoms like bladder leakage, having to urinate more often, having to get up at night to go and feeling an urgent need to go. And you may be able to fight those symptoms by losing weight.

Have you gotten your flu shot yet? It may be the best way to keep yourself flu-free this season, experts say.

Radiation may not always be necessary to treat breast cancer — but some patients were still receiving it, along with two other treatments that worked just as well without radiation.

Kids aren't the biggest fans of vaccinations — particularly the needles that come with them. But those needles may be keeping many kids free from the flu and out of the hospital.

A picture of your brain after you've had a mini-stroke may show doctors your risk of having another stroke. And you can take steps to lower that risk.

Epilepsy patients may have a new way to fight seizures. A new medication may reduce the number of seizures these patients have.

Chocolate lovers may have one more reason to indulge their sweet tooth — chocolate may lower diabetes risk.

Antacids may help with more than just heartburn. They could help some cancer patients live longer.