Health

Weight gain may not always be due to what you eat. Researchers in Texas find your medication can cause serious weight gain.

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A new study shows the popular smoking-cessation drug Chantix may not just curb the urge to light up — many people who’ve taken it report they’re drinking less, too.

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A new study shows that when men with prostate cancer were diagnosed after developing symptoms rather than after screening tests, they had a higher risk of dying from heart problems or other cancers rather than the prostate cancer itself.

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Love to eat curry? It may do more than tingle your tastebuds.

According to a new study, curry spice components may help slow the growth of tumors in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients.

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It may not be news to you that today’s kids are deprived of sleep, but before you blame smartphones or computer games, consider this: children haven’t been getting enough shut-eye for more than a century.

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A new study finds that how fast you can walk and the strength of your hand grip may predict the odds of having a stroke or memory problems later in life.

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Male fetuses of mothers exposed to radiation during early pregnancy may have a higher chance of developing testicular cancer, according to a new study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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(WIBX) - Your house, and how it is laid out, may be making you fat.  According to an article released by "Woman's Day" Magazine, playing fast music while you eat and drinking from glasses that are not the right shape might be preventing you from losing weight.

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Concerned what you’re eating may be causing bladder discomfort? There’s an app for that.

Researchers at the Interstitial Cystitis Network released a new iPhone and iPad application that gives patients access to food lists and a food database that they can use while shopping and eating out to deal with overactive bladder.

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In a study published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, analysis of over a decade of data suggests that even a brief rise in traffic-related air pollution could increase someone’s short-term risk of stroke.

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