Your aging brain: Is it ‘use it or lose it’? By Melissa Healy December 12, 2018 at 8:48 a.m. Yes, your brain is like a muscle: If you don’t strengthen and stretch its capacities,...
How to stay fit and keep running even at 50-something By Washington Post December 13, 2018 at 1:44 a.m. I'm a veteran of 15 marathons and hundreds of other running races, and have been...
Disneyland tower suggested as Legionnaires’ disease source By Associated Press December 11, 2018 at 5:05 p.m. A cooling tower that provides mist to make Disneyland visitors comfortable was the likely source...
A toddler needs extremely rare blood to beat cancer. The world is helping her find it. By Washington Post December 11, 2018 at 4:46 p.m. The biopsies and blood tests completed, and Zainab Mughal's rare blood mutation explained, her parents...
The heart may pay a price when students use energy drinks to cram for finals By baiduhai December 11, 2018 at 4:45 p.m. Final exams — and the ensuing all-night study sessions they cause — are looming large...
Surgery to remove wisdom teeth puts some teens and young adults on a path to opioid abuse By Melissa Healy December 13, 2018 at 1:44 a.m. For older teens and young adults, the extraction of so-called wisdom teeth is a painful...
Stimulating one brain area may ease tough-to-treat depression By HealthDay December 11, 2018 at 4:29 p.m. Electrical stimulation of a certain part of the brain may offer a new option for...
Cancer and marital status: Singles may get less aggressive treatment than married people By Washington Post December 11, 2018 at 4:20 p.m. If you are divorced, widowed or never married and develop cancer, watch out. You may...
Operation gives Wisconsin man with epilepsy new life By Associated Press December 12, 2018 at 2:12 a.m. Jon Duchac enjoys the little things. Almost every morning, he takes time to read from...
Endurance exercise, not strength training, may slow aging By HealthDay December 12, 2018 at 2:12 a.m. Running, swimming, cycling and other types of endurance exercise can slow cellular aging, but strength...