May 14, 2012 -- Do you remember exactly where you were last night? If you are a sleepwalker, maybe not.

Sleepwalking may be more common than experts have estimated, says a California psychiatrist.

"The numbers are very big," says researcher Maurice Ohayon, MD, PhD, DSc, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of the (More)
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May 14, 2012 -- Acupuncture may allow people with the lung disease COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) to breathe a bit easier.

COPD is the umbrella term for chronic lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It is often marked by a chronic cough and shortness of breath. Treatment typically involves the use of inhaled steroids and (More)
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May 11, 2012 -- BMI's days as a top way to measure body fat and associated health risks may be numbered.

New research presented at the 19th European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France, suggests that the better way to know where you stand concerning health risks related to your amount of body fat is your waist-to-height ratio.

BMI, or body mass index, is based on (More)
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May 11, 2012 -- Starting your day off with an egg may help curb your appetite better than cereal, new research suggests.

In a small study, it took longer for people who ate eggs for breakfast to show signs of hunger than it did for those who had a bowl of ready-to-eat cereal.

Scientists suspect that egg (More)
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May 11, 2012 -- Girls take longer to recover from sports-related concussions than boys do, according to new research.

High school athletes, both boys and girls, also have longer recovery times than do college athletes, says researcher Tracey Covassin, PhD, associate professor of kinesiology and a certified athletic trainer at (More)
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May 11, 2012 -- People with diabetes who undergo bypass surgery to open clogged heart arteries may live longer than their counterparts who chose angioplasty, a new study shows.

During angioplasty, a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into a blocked heart artery to widen it and (More)
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May 10, 2012 -- Are you pregnant and afraid to exercise?

Though exercise during pregnancy has proven benefits for healthy women, many still fear it, according to a new (More)
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May 10, 2012 -- People who have different sleep patterns on the weekends than they do during the work week may experience "social jet lag," and a new study shows this shift in sleep schedule is linked to obesity.

For every hour of social jet lag, the risk of being (More)
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May 9, 2012 -- Pregnancy after 40 does carry more risks, but being at a healthy weight before getting pregnant seems to modify those risks, new research suggests.

"If you are healthy, over 40, and not (More)
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May 8, 2012 -- Obesity in America is a crisis that threatens national security -- and urgent action is needed, says the Institute of Medicine.

The IOM's plan: Totally change the way Americans approach exercise and (More)
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