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Loving money may not be good for your love life, according to new research that finds that materialists have unhappier marriages than couples who don't care much about possessions.

Researchers at Yale have discovered the chemical triggers for hair growth, which could eventually lead the way to reversing baldness.

Falling may be an early sign of Alzheimer's, according to new research. Older people whose brain scans showed signs of amyloid — an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease — but who were otherwise healthy, had twice the risk of falls as people without brain amyloid, found a study being presented Sunday at the Alzheimer's Association's annual International Conference in Paris.

Students who are night owls have worse grades in high school and the beginning years of college, research has shown.

While there's no single way to kick off a group in a collaborative process, the available research says you should start small with a specific, achievable goal, rather than trying to implement a full technology platform at the same time as you’re organizing the project.

Alcohol increases reaction time; obese men have lower odds of getting married. A waste of research money? Not necessarily, scientists say. Medical researchers have unlocked the human genome, wiped out smallpox and made great strides in the fight against AIDS.

Precision-tinted glasses seem to help prevent migraines in people whose pain is triggered by certain visual patterns, new research indicates ...

We're becoming a nation of bum knees, worn-out hips and sore shoulders, and it's not just the Medicare set. Baby boomer bones and joints also are taking a pounding, spawning a boom in operations to fix them. Knee replacement surgeries have doubled over the last decade and more than tripled in the 45-to-64 age group, new research shows. Hips are trending that way, too. And here's a surprise: It's not all due to obesity.

The Milky Way galaxy may be filled with millions upon millions of Jupiter-sized planets that have escaped their solar systems and are wandering freely in space, researchers said Wednesday in a finding that seems certain to make astronomers rethink their ideas about planetary formation.

Italian researchers report that some people who think they are lactose-intolerant may actually suffer from a psychological condition known as ...