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When a home healthcare aide doesn't show up, the consequences are immediate and can be dire.

Research shows that social isolation plays a major role in quality of life and risk of death in people with COPD.

The US military helped create the first flu vaccine to keep service members in action - and the logic for requiring vaccination has not changed.

Tracking glucose numbers in real time is an increasingly popular wellness trend, but monitoring a constant stream of data can lead to confusion and needless anxiety.

The gain isn't huge, but it's a notable improvement - similar to what people experience when they start exercising more.

As rotavirus spreads this season, doctors worry that falling vaccination rates may endanger kids.

The placebo effect is more than just mental - it's a biological system that can measurably improve a patient's symptoms. But someone else needs to activate it - creating a risk of manipulation.

Women are at highest risk of being hurt or killed after separating from a potentially violent partner, but interventions such as taking away the former partner's firearms can protect them.

Researchers are anxiously awaiting government action on rescheduling cannabis.

By letting people make choices and experience the outcomes of those choices, gaming provides a much more hands-on way of learning about health.