Annoying cold sores and fever blisters are often what come to mind when people think of the herpes virus. But far worse are blindness, birth defects and cancer which have also been linked to a very common form of a virus that up to 90 percent of Americans have been ...

Women may be at greater risk for stroke, heart disease and diabetes during perimenopause, the years leading up to menopause, suggests a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The results differed from previous studies that suggested the risks, known as metabolic syndrome, were more likely ...

Most of us have no problem getting in our daily dose of protein—in fact, we might be consuming even more of it than we need. But it turns out it’s not just about how much protein we eat. Studies show that the way we distribute our intake through the day ...