People's eyes can get dry eye for many different reasons.  According to a new study, one of those reasons may be environmental factors like air quality and atmospheric pressure.

With hockey pucks flying at top speeds, hockey players can experience injuries to the eye in, well...the blink of an eye! However, there may be a way for players to reduce their risk for eye injuries.

Figuring out how to best manage a disease can be difficult, especially if that disease is rare. In a recent article, new approaches for managing one such rare condition, tuberous sclerosis, were laid out.

For patients with arthritis, joint replacement surgery could mean more than relief from pain and stiffness. It might protect against heart disease too.

Earlier this week, Amy Robach, of Good Morning America , announced that doctors discovered she had breast cancer after an on-air mammogram she had as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Both diabetes and obesity can raise the risk for heart disease and death. Fortunately, there are ways to help people manage their weight and diabetes, and one of those ways may be surgery.

One of the long-term side effects of breast cancer treatment is a condition called lymphedema. It’s a swelling of the arm that not only affects appearance, but can also be painful and interfere with function.

Lymphomas are blood cancers that start in the cells of the immune system. Burkitt’s lymphoma is a particularly aggressive form of the disease. New research may have discovered a better way to treat it.

Chronic seizures in childhood can be scary and stressful, and some parents turn to surgery in hopes of finding a permanent solution.

For both physical and mental reasons, many adults become less active as they age. But even a small amount of regular physical activity might help improve the body and mind.