Breast Milk Boosts Brain Growth In Premature Babies

When fed mostly breast milk, premature babies have bigger brains by their predicted due date.

What Is Alzheimer's Disease?

Here are answers to some common questions about a disease that can seem frightening, mysterious and daunting.

Hillary Clinton: Zika Is 'A Serious And Urgent Threat'

How would we go about stopping the spread of the Zika virus in the U.S.? This question was originally answered on Quora by Hillary Clinton.

What America Can Learn About Healthcare From Other Countries -- And Why We Will Refuse To Do So

Most industrialized nations have long supported the idea that access to healthcare is a fundamental right, and have built centrally planned systems to accomplish that goal. The result has been universal coverage that delivers excellent-quality outcomes at lower costs than the United States. In some countries, such as England and Canada, [...]

Well: For Some, Weight Loss Means the Start of a Whole New Life

For some, true commitment to adopting a healthy change in eating habits means moving to “the place where the magic happened.”

Smokers Urged to Switch to E-Cigarettes by British Medical Group

The Royal College of Physicians summarized the growing body of science on e-cigarettes and found that their benefits far outweigh the potential harms.

The Perfect IVF Cycle And Single Embryo Transfer: IVF By The Numbers Part 13

We're not quite ready for "one egg, one sperm, one embryo, one baby" in terms of IVF efficiency, but that should be the ideal to which we aspire. I applaud the movement towards single embryo transfer to decrease the risk of twin pregnancy, but I am not yet ready to [...]