Muscle is a soft tissue composed of elongated cells (muscle fibres) that produce force and motion through contraction. Involuntary cardiac and smooth muscles are responsible for contraction of the ...

Even in the fall and winter, you will want to protect your eyes. These are the best prescription sunglasses to help you do just that. Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of ...

For many Americans, their confidence in the future of U.S. healthcare is low and their insecurity due to the cost of medicine is high. In 2001 the Institute of Medicine’s Quality of Health Care ...

The findings are published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Overall, individuals with past-month prescription amphetamine use had a greater likelihood of new-onset psychosis or mania than ...

The misuse of a prescription drug widely used to treat anxiety, nerve pain and epilepsy has been linked with a sharp increase in deaths and prompted a government review into how it is controlled.

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio ...

But the prospect of taking a daily prescription medicine - especially as a teenager -- can raise some concerns for teens and their parents. Will it really work? How long will it be necessary?

Pregabalin, dispensed more than nine million times in England last year, has the fastest-rising mortality rate of any prescription medicine in the UK and is cited in a third of drug-related deaths ...

This is because of one of the many bodily changes associated with aging: our muscles shrink and become weaker, a condition known as sarcopenia. Most people are aware of the recommendations for ...

If building bigger muscles is your goal, there are a few key factors to consider. First, your exercise routine is crucial; you need to challenge your muscles to make them grow stronger. Second, a ...