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Frequent space travelers should wait three years after a longer mission to allow the physiological changes in their ...

Exercise releases irisin, a hormone that helps the body shed fat and keeps it from forming, new research ...

Chronic stress may stimulate production of a protein that then goes on to block an enzyme that breaks ...

Only one of 30 popular free fitness apps for iPhones meets the majority of recommended guidelines for physical ...

A healthy diet may offer some protection from hearing loss due to noise exposure; however, it can't reverse hearing damage, ...

During the peak of the Ebola epidemic last fall a frightening new possibility surfaced: Could a specific mutation ...

The dramatic, glacier-carved inlets called fjords capture and store carbon better than open-water marine systems, report researchers.

Women with successful negotiation experience are better negotiators than men, even when they rate themselves as average at ...

Increasing state alcohol taxes could prevent thousands of deaths a year from car accidents, say researchers.

Labeled as a cancer-causing chemical for decades and declared safe about 15 years ago, saccharin may actually inhibit ...

Forest managers say prescribed burns every few years could help prevent costly wildfires and control disease. But hurdles ...

New research offers more evidence that exercise is key to staying mobile as we age, even for frail ...

When combined with two other measures, a simple vision test can detect 100 percent of concussions that occur during ...

It’s something we’ve all heard for years: Exercise can help keep older adults healthy. But now a study, ...

Food Safety Specialist Renee Goodrich Schneider explains what those dates on food packages really mean. From Newswise *Image ...