Hillary Fisher thinks receiving weight-loss surgery as a teenager put her on the path to a better life. Fisher is one of 260 teens who participated in a long-term study which recently concluded that weight-loss surgery can...

Sleep apnea appears to increase a person’s odds of developing dementia, a new study finds. The effect seems stronger among women compared to men, noted a research team from the University of Michigan. Luckily, there are treatments...

Smokers diagnosed with cancer often shrug and keep lighting up, figuring a few more butts won’t make much difference. They’re very mistaken, a new study finds. Smokers are 22% to 26% less likely to die if they...

Seniors who’ve had a heart attack should probably delay any elective surgeries for three to six months, a new study advises. People aged 67 and older face double to triple the risk of life-threatening complications — like...

Folks with more money and better education are at less risk for developing dementia as they grow older, a new study shows. People with advantaged backgrounds are less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, and to progress...

Cirrhosis, hepatitis infection and other causes can trigger liver fibrosis — a potentially lethal stiffening of tissue that, once begun, is irreversible. For many patients, a liver transplant is their only hope. However, research at Cedars-Sinai in...

Are people with autism less able to “read” the nefarious intent of criminals, leaving them more vulnerable to scams or coercion into criminal activity? It’s been a common notion among trial lawyers, the Australian researchers behind a...