A SHARED STORY: FLABBY TO FIGURE COMPETITION AT 51!

Forty years of technological and political changes haven't softened the group that launched a controversial and groundbreaking women's health book in 1971.

"Our Bodies, Ourselves," with its iconic cover photo of protest-marching feminists, bluntly discussed female sexuality and reproductive health during an already politically-charged time more

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Those of us lucky enough to grow old must contend with the miserable stereotypes of what it's like: the frailty, the forgetfulness, the early bird specials.

But in aging, as in many things, attitude can make all the difference. Research has shown that how people feel inside, and their expectations more

You're feeling a little achy, just not yourself. You try over-the-counter medications, to no avail.

The symptoms could be anything -- a sprain here, a tug there, or it could be something you shouldn't ignore.

What's your body telling you?

We posed several health-related scenarios to local more

Women who received ovarian cancer screening did not have a reduced risk of death compared to women who had usual care, U.S. researchers say.

Dr. Saundra S. Buys of the University of Utah Health Sciences Center in Salt Lake City and colleagues examined the ovarian cancer-specific mortality results from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. more

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Call them brain pacemakers, tiny implants that hold promise for fighting tough psychiatric diseases - if scientists can figure out just where in all that gray matter to put them.

Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, has proved a powerful way to block the tremors of Parkinson's disease. Blocking mental illness isn't nearly as easy a task. more

For many people, the flare-up of an arthritic knee or shoulder appears to signal a change in the weather—usually hinting that a storm is imminent.

The belief that achy joints accompany a weather change is so widespread, in fact, that it has just about been accepted as reality. Many doctors listen to patients complain that they experience stiff or aching joints before, during, or after changes in temperature, barometric pressure, or humidity. more