Each year, around 55,000 more women than men will have a stroke.Longer lifespans, pregnancies and hormones all contribute, as do illnesses that tend to strike women more frequently.Dr. Eli Feen, an associate professor of neurology at Saint Louis University, said in a press release that one ...

Australian doctors say to take extra precaution when donning skin-tight jeans after a woman reported muscle damage and swelling from hours of squatting in her jeans.[gallery_header ids="1028681"]

Put down the artificial sweetener. It’s just making you hungrier.Researchers at the University of Michigan have found that because artificial sweeteners don’t contain the calories or energy that evolution has trained the brain to expect from sweet-tasting foods, they are doing nothing to ...

More than 30 children are diagnosed every day with Type 1 diabetes.Here are the warning signs of the autoimmune disease, which can lead to kidney failure, nerve damage, adult blindness, non-traumatic amputations, stroke and heart attacks.• Extreme thirst• Frequent urination• Drowsiness or ...

KAYSVILLE -- The face of Type 1 diabetes is the face of Camryn McCullough.This on-the-go 11-year-old can tell you about using an insulin pump as easily as she tells you about her favorite subjects — reading, writing and science — at school.A dancer, water skier and runner, Camryn lives ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is applauding a proposed $300 million increase for Alzheimer’s research that would help scientists reach the goal of preventing and effectively treating the disease by 2025.House Labor Health and Human Services ...