If all goes well, ground controllers on Earth expect to hear a signal from Phoenix on Mars at 7:53 p.m. EDT Sunday.

One in four older people are so worried about their future that they are making themselves ill, a survey suggests.

Walter Kukull, director of the U.S. National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center, discusses the potential to prevent Alzheimer's disease

GENEVA (Reuters) - Chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke, often associated with a Western lifestyle, have become the chief causes of death globally, the World health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.

A new study finds that the use of water pipes may be on the rise among college students.

People who take aspirin to keep their blood pressure down will get more benefit if they take it at bedtime, researchers say.

Are there ways to get more from the vegetables you already eat?

Screening for domestic abuse in seemingly healthy women is nowhere near as widespread among doctors as testing for breast cancer or high cholesterol.

New research suggests that memory lapses that occur with age might be a sign of a widening focus of attention.

Claudius Conrad is investigating whether there is a hormonal parallel to music's power to both stimulate and soothe.