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Grow your own replacement tooth?
Growing a replacement tooth from your own cells may be a step closer, according to new research. It is still too early for use in people, but the technique involves taking stem cells and growing more of them to produce a very small, immature tooth, similar to what a tooth ...
Top 10 Healthy Cities
March marks the arrival of National Nutrition Month, and to celebrate, Foursquare has released its 2nd annual list of most and least healthiest cities. Foursquare has looked at data from more than 3 billion check-ins to determine the healthiest eaters in the country based on check-ins to healthy spots like ...
Q&A: Valerie Harper's cancer
Actress Valerie Harper, best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda in the 1970s, has learned she has leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. The condition happens when cancer spreads to the brain and spinal cord. Now 73, Harper told People magazine she received the diagnosis ...
Bacon, sausage causing 'early death?'
The study linked diets high in processed meat to heart disease and cancer.
Video games good for seniors' health?
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found a link between gaming and better emotional well-being in senior citizens.
20 awesome indoor workouts to try before winter's over
You’re not imagining it. Winter still isn’t over. There’s no daylight when your alarm clock goes off, you’ve logged more miles than you’d like to count on the dreadmill, and — duh — it’s really cold out there. It’s no surprise that any motivation to get outdoors and work up a sweat ...
Shifting temps may prime you for spring allergies
Spring allergy season is again off to an early start in many parts of the country, and doctors say there are some signs it may be even more miserable than usual this year. Last year was the fourth warmest winter on record, with consistently mild temperatures. That led to record-breaking pollen ...
Q&A: Breast cancer in young women
Young women found the news surprising and more than a little scary: Cases of advanced breast cancer have been rising in women 25 to 39 over the past three decades, researchers reported in February 2013. From 1976 to 2009, the number of cases of advanced breastcancer in younger women at ...
Lack of sleep disrupts genes
Sleeping fewer than six hours for several nights in a row affects hundreds of genes responsible for keeping us in good health, says a new study. Research led by the U.K.'s Surrey Sleep Research Centre found that people who were subjected to sleep deprivation for a week underwent changes at ...
Do vitamin supplements make sense?
For years, women have been told to take extra calcium to guard against osteoporosis. But doctors just reversed that advice. After looking at scores of studies, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) says that common doses of calcium and vitamin D don’t prevent fractures in women past menopause who ...
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