Kathryn Doyle

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – With advanced Alzheimer's disease, language deteriorates and patients spontaneously speak less and less. In a small study from Israel, group music therapy sessions using tailored...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Photos of morbidly obese people alongside a news story about the health threat from being overweight may cause moderately heavy people to think they're not...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black and Asian adults may be at risk for developing diabetes at a lower weight than whites, according to a new study. Based on the...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wealthier high school students may be more likely to try smoking hookah, according to a new study. The water-pipe device with its series of tubes...

If you were giving birth, what would be your choice: a longer labor with relatively less pain, or a shorter labor with terrible pain? That's the question researchers posed to...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Half of nursing home residents who have a hip fracture either die or lose the ability to walk on their own in the six months...

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK - (Reuters Health) â?? Metal sensitivities can lead to failure of replacement joints, and patients should be carefully evaluated for a possible reaction after the...

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women under age 55 with suspected heart problems are twice as likely to have a heart attack, require artery-opening procedures or die...

In a new review of past research, people who spent lots of time watching TV or otherwise sitting were more likely to be diagnosed with colon or endometrial cancer than...