Insomnia significantly affects 29% of children seen by child psychiatrists.

Women in their 40s with breast cancer have tumors that are more difficult to detect with mammography.

Older patients with inflammatory arthritis are not receiving the full range of age-related preventive care they need, despite their being at increased risk for cardiovascular events, infection, and osteoporosis.

Bone cell responses to insulin may control how the rest of the body responds.

Sitting around too much in one's spare time appears to increase the risk of dying, regardless of physical activity.

As the FDA processes the vote and discussion from last week's advisory committee meeting on rosiglitazone (Avandia), an endocrinologist who has twice voted to keep the diabetes drug on the market dissected what the recent vote meant.

Overweight and obese pregnant women appear to be at increased risk for giving birth prematurely.

An advisory panel to the FDA will meet this week to vote on whether to adopt a new risk-reduction strategy for long-acting opioid-based painkillers.

Obesity in early adulthood is an independent risk factor for the development of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a large case series found.

A clinical model for in vitro fertilization (IVF) significantly improved the accuracy for predicting live births after unsuccessful IVF compared with conventional criteria based on maternal age, results of a validation study showed.

Americans are living longer than ever, but increased longevity comes at a price -- the cost of healthcare for people over age 65 has almost doubled in recent years.

The fate of rosiglitazone (Avandia) appears to be decided for now after an advisory panel voted 20-12 to recommend that the FDA allow the controversial diabetes drug to stay on the market.