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WASHINGTON — The first clinical trial to test the effects of resveratrol — the plant compound plentiful in red wine and grapes — on humans has found that a small daily dose of a purified resveratrol supplement lowered blood pressure and improved a wide range of human health measures in a small group of obese men.
Happy people don't just enjoy life; they're likely to live longer, too. A new study has found that those in better moods were 35 percent less likely to die in the next five years when taking their life situations into account.
Even indulging in just a few drinks a week raises a woman's risk of breast cancer, according to a large Harvard study released Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — Federal officials have given negative assessments to more than a quarter of Medicare's rated prescription drug plans that will be available to seniors in 2012, according to an analysis of Medicare data.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —That annual flu shot may be significantly less effective if you're overweight, according to a new study by University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill researchers.
Half of all booster seats don't ensure that adult-sized seat belts fit children properly in all vehicles, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
CHICAGO — A surprising 80 percent of teenage boys say they are using condoms the first time they have sex, a government survey found in a powerful sign that decades of efforts to change young people's sexual behavior are taking hold.
CHICAGO — There is more evidence that taking vitamin E pills can be risky. A study that followed up on men who took high doses of the vitamin for about five years found they had a slightly increased risk of prostate cancer — even after they quit taking the pills.
It sounds like a simple question: How much is a college actually going to cost?
AUSTIN, Texas — New findings from a Texas study show texting while driving is more dangerous than previously thought.
SAN JOSE, Calif. —Can't calculate a tip or even balance your checkbook?
WASHINGTON — Twitter confirms it: People tend to wake up in a good mood and are happiest on weekends.
NEW YORK — Flying over the holidays is going to cost more this year. And the longer you wait to book, the pricier it's likely to get.
NEW YORK — More Americans ignored their doctor's advice and skipped prescription drugs or medical procedures to save money in 2011 than a year earlier, a Consumer Reports survey shows.
ATLANTA — Bedbugs don't make you sick. But the poisons used to kill them can.
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. —The software testers at Aspiritech are a collection of characters. Katie Levin talks nonstop. Brian Tozzo hates driving. Jamie Specht is bothered by bright lights, vacuum cleaners and the feel of carpeting against her skin. Rider Hallenstein draws cartoons of himself as a DeLorean sports car. Rick Alexander finds it unnerving to sit near other people.
WASHINGTON — Is it ever OK to tweet that someone's a "slut"? How about using an offensive name for gay people on Facebook? Or texting a racial slur? Most young people think it's all right when friends are joking around with each other, according to a new poll.
ATLANTA — The whooping cough vaccine given to babies and toddlers loses much of its effectiveness after just three years — a lot faster than doctors believed — and that could help explain a recent series of outbreaks in the U.S. among children who were fully vaccinated, a study suggests.
LOS ANGELES — Uncle Sam wants you to know more about what you're eating.
MILWAUKEE — Martha Sorensen was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last summer.
