Health problems that affect breathing or sleep can lead to fatigue and lethargy that disrupt your daily routine. Understand your lungs and respiratory system—and what you can do to help yourself.
Prolonged nightly sleep deprivation or excessive sleeping should be avoided to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
At 53, Mark Lackey didn't know how much longer he would live. But then a team of experts crafted a unique fix for the hole in his heart.
Poor Zzzs can change a range of markers in the blood—including blood sugar, hormone levels and various byproducts of metabolism.
The Klotz family manages daughter Kamryn's cystic fibrosis with grace, trusting medical breakthroughs will escort her through a long and beautiful life.
New findings extend our understanding of the body's complex genetic architecture and how it relates to hormones, neuroticism, depression and bipolar disorder.
One child in 13—or about two in every classroom—has a food allergy. Follow these 4 tips to keep your kiddo safe.
We humans are a social species. Yet going without solid sleep can turn us into social lepers.
After being turned down by a hospital on the east side of the state because of his size, baby Mikah Gering is the smallest baby to undergo ECMO treatment. And he's thriving.
Severe allergy sufferers can now get a lower-cost option with the newly approved product.
Swallowing problems can lead to health issues such as malnutrition, dehydration and pneumonia from food and drink that end up in the lungs.
Evening light exposure, with its melatonin-suppressing effect, may increase the likelihood of sleep disturbances in children.
Dietary components such as fruit, vegetables and fiber have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties—key elements of a healthy diet.
