As little as 15 minutes of exercise a day can reduce overall mortality rates in patients with prostate cancer, according to findings presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, held here, Dec. 6-9, 2009.

Women with major depression were no less likely than were women without it to have successful results with a weight loss program, according to an article in the Winter 2009 Behavioral Medicine. Group Health Research Institute Senior Research Associate Evette J. Ludman, PhD, the study leader, concluded that weight loss programs should not exclude depressed [...]

In a new analysis of recent and historical public opinion data on healthcare reform, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health have concluded that public support for the final legislation will depend significantly on what people learn about the bill’s impact on their personal situation. Current public support for specific elements of the legislation will [...]

Someone healthy enough to work could still cost an employer more than $4,000 annually in unnecessary health care costs.
A new University of Michigan study shows workers with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and associated chronic disease can cost employers up to $5,867 annually in health care, pharmacy and short term disability – compared to $1,600 for a [...]

While infant and toddler brains are rapidly developing, a window of opportunity exists to reduce the impact of autism, which now affects one of every 150 children born in the United States.
Gerald Mahoney, director of the Center on Interventions for Children and Families at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences of Case Western Reserve [...]