When Jefferson Einstein Hospital began offering new mothers who gave birth there a follow-up visit with a nurse at home, ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new tool that can estimate a person's risk of developing memory and thinking ...

Antimicrobial Awareness Week, Nov. 18–24, serves as a global call to action to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) — a ...

Colette Such is remembered by those who knew her best as someone who was always willing to step up and do the hard work ...

A multiday system of storms brought more than 5 inches of rain to the Sonora area Thursday through Sunday, while the area’s ...

People who regularly speak multiple languages age more slowly on average, a study using data from more than 86,000 adults in 27 European countries found. Published in the journal Nature Aging, an ...

Teenagers are generally obsessed with their smartphones. So much so that Kristin Hatling’s family recently encountered a gaggle of them who had brought their screens into a resort’s hot tub. “My ...

Scores of Sons In Retirement military veterans in Sonora commemorated Veterans Day with direct descendants of the Tuskegee Airmen, including the commander of the Red Tails 99th Pursuit Squadron, the ...

As women age, brittle bones or osteoporosis can be a worry, as can dementia. There have long been whispers that calcium supplements taken to prevent the former can add to the risk of the latter. Not ...

At Mayo Clinic, cardiologists Peter Noseworthy, M.D., and John Giudicessi, M.D., Ph.D., are uncovering the earliest signs of a genetic heart condition that often strikes without warning. Their work ...

Found in berries and teas, flavonols could be key to boosting memory and sleep -- if only there was a way to get the body to absorb more of them. A team of scientists at the Shibaura Institute of ...

Skipping breakfast or another meal while fasting does not slow down thinking skills, scientists say. Intermittent fasting, which involves not eating for several consecutive hours each day, has become ...