Mindfulness meditation may provide an alternative to usual drug-based pain relieving pills, especially to those suffering from chronic pain, suggests new research.
The voluntary advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is for primary care doctors, not for specialists treating severe pain from cancer or other diseases.
If your spouse wants you to quit smoking, do it quickly and impress her as abruptly kicking the butt is more likely to lead to lasting abstinence compared to refraining from it gradually, finds new research.
Dr. David Liepert, the hospital’s director of perioperative medicine, says a lack of variability in a heart rate is an indicator of medical stress.
Scientists are racing to create a Zika vaccine, and while they're starting from scratch against a poorly understood disease, copying shots for similar viruses offers a head start.
Should you worry about eating food if the best-before date on the label has come and gone? That depends on whether it's a can of tomatoes or a carton of milk.