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The author of Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth talks to TIME about why american women are so afraid of looking their age

A book series aimed at girls that focuses on real-life issues seems to work, one study suggests.

Just as big a problem as the erratic quality of M.R.I. scans is the tendency of doctors and patients to rely on them too much.

More than 18 million Americans are affected by depression yearly, and our economic crisis is only making matters worse. But knowing the warning signs and what to do about them can make all the difference.

The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.

(American Institute of Biological Sciences) The National Association of Biology Teachers will recognize Dr. Randy Moore, a professor of biology at the University of Minnesota, with the 2008 Evolution Education Award during the NABT annual conference to be held Oct. 15-18 2008 in Memphis, Tenn.

Lyndsay Moss reveals that Scots women are failing to support vital medical research

EVERY year, the polling company Mori carries out opinion surveys asking which profession is the most trusted. Doctors usually top the polls, though there have been a few wobb

The grant is part of a £50 million nationwide programme that will see funding given for imaging technology research undertaken in five UK universities.

Scientists have now sequenced the genomes of two more parasites that cause malaria, plasmodium vivax and plasmodium knowlesi.