Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a stroke. This devastating event occurs when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts. The resulting ...

Data for this study were provided from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) conducted by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The PSID is a longitudinal survey of a representative sample of US ...

Bad habits such as smoking, heavy drinking and lack of exercise must be tackled as early as possible to boost the odds of a happy and healthy old age. That is the message of a new peer-reviewed study, ...

PHOENIX — A new Yale University study found that hotlines to help people quit smoking could also pull double duty to help problem drinkers. The study looked at alcohol use among almost 90,000 callers ...

A non-disclosure of smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol may trigger insurers to reject claims or reduce payouts. Once you ...

A night of three friends hanging out together inside a Bronx apartment abruptly turned into a bloodbath as two men were stabbed, one fatally, the surviving victim told the Daily News.