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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Older adults may be better judges of their moment-to-moment mental sharpness than scientists once assumed, according to a UC Davis study — which relied on familiar technology: the smartwatch.

The ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently read that Mayo Clinic researchers discovered DNA changes linked to Alzheimer's disease. Does this mean scientists are getting closer to preventing or curing Alzheimer's disease?

ANSWER: ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My friend "Ben" and I had many ups and downs in our 30-year friendship. Three years ago, we had one of our periodic blowouts and stopped speaking. I found out recently that he passed away a year later, and I was...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: Five years ago, I was diagnosed with a kidney stone while getting an ultrasound for a different reason. A CT scan was ordered, which showed that I had a conglomerate of small stones within a calyceal ...Read more

I'm a great proponent of the life-enhancing power of moderate-to-vigorous exercise almost every day. And a new study out of the University of Southern California reinforces just how important it is to get such leisure-time...Read more

Illinois is issuing its own guidance about flu, COVID-19 and RSV vaccinations for this fall – amid continuing confusion over federal vaccine recommendations.

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday released...Read more

President Donald Trump on Thursday promised to send $500 rebate checks to an estimated 1 million enrollees in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans, who he says were overcharged when former President Joe Biden was in ...Read more

NEW YORK — Billy Joel says that he’s doing better after getting a shunt in his brain.

The 77-year-old New Yorker worried fans last year when he canceled a string of shows including a Madison Square Garden gig due to ...Read more

DETROIT — An Oakland County resident may have contracted West Nile virus, health officials said Thursday.

They said they identified a probable human case of the disease in Oakland County.

"This is the county’s first ...Read more

Do you remember where you were and what you were doing when you learned of the September 11 terrorist attacks that occurred 25 years ago?

Do you remember what you saw on television or how you felt? Is your ...Read more

Drugs for treating depression are among the most prescribed category of medications in the U.S. – 1 in 6 American adults take them.

Some health researchers and advocates have raised concerns that too many ...Read more

On an August morning two years ago, Meredith Melville was crossing Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, California, to meet a friend at a cafe. While in the crosswalk, she noticed a car some distance away.

Perhaps she misjudged ...Read more

A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling for the Trump administration to suspend a new surveillance program it quietly launched to collect the personal and identifiable health data of Americans who visit emergency rooms....Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've heard that many symptoms of gynecologic cancers can mimic menstrual or menopausal changes, such as bleeding and pelvic pain. What symptoms should never be ignored, and when do I know it's time to see...Read more

After a failed round of in vitro fertilization this year, Anne Hug’s fertility doctor said she had a single polyp in her uterus that should be removed to improve the chance of pregnancy. Hug, a professor of radiology, ...Read more

Our Rabbis taught: Four entered the garden (pardes) and they were Ben Azzai and Ben Zorna, Aher and Rabbi Akiba. Ben Azzai looked and died. Of him Scripture says, “Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I have a younger brother who has moved back to the area where the rest of our siblings live. He went for 30 years without keeping in close contact with anyone during that time. He's the youngest of 10 children, ...Read more