Seven great "medical myths" revealed
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Reading in dim light won't damage your eyes, you don't need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy and shaving your legs won't make the hair grow back faster.
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A new book examines the reality and the myths surrounding the legacy of Thomas Alva Edison.
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The largest ever study of genes in  disease has found 24 genetic risk factors -- half of them  completely new -- linked to seven common conditions, British  scientists said on Wednesday.
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Can Wi-Fi signals make you ill? Newshounds pore over the available literature, but miss something interesting about the claims
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NEW YORK  - The idea that chronic  constipation is the result of a low-fiber diet may be one of  the many myths and misconceptions about the condition,  according to a new review of the issue.
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Busting the small-cap risk myth once and for all.
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Despite exploding costs, most Americans got sizable life-extending bang for their medical bucks over recent decades, says one of the most sweeping studies ever of health-care value.
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Fears that money has an undue influence on the practice of medicine are not new. In the 12th century, the Jewish philosopher Maimonides wrote an oath for physicians that included this admonition: ''Do not allow thirst for profit, ambition for renown and admiration to interfere with my profession.&quot;
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Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and other neurological diseases may be far more common than most people had believed, according to new estimates published on Monday.
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An abundance of vitamin D seems to help prevent multiple sclerosis, according to a study in more than 7 million people that offers some of the strongest evidence yet of the power of the "sunshine vitamin" against MS.
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Pseudocyesis, or false pregnancy, involves a constellation of symptoms that fool women and doctors alike.
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Popular wisdom is often an oxymoron.
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What are the facts? What's only fiction? Roy Lewis explains.
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The latest scientific news is about fighting aging, heart disease, and cancer.
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Medical textbooks skirt the topic, often avoiding any explanation. But as anyone who has ever complained of cramps will attest, lots of advice is circulating on how to avoid them.
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CT scans and X-rays are revolutionary, but they carry risks, too, a new study suggests.
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This article was reported by Barry Meier, Gina Kolata and Andrew Pollack and written by Mr. Meier. In the mid-1990&#39;s, the medical community reached an inescapable conclusion.