Chicago: When it comes to aging, the focus is not just on living longer, quality of life is equally important. 

Columbus: Risk of heart disease and diabetes may be lowered by a diet higher in a lipid found in grapeseed and other oils, but not in olive oil, a new study suggests.

Ann Arbor: Once you’ve made it through lung cancer treatment, you want to make sure you catch it early if it comes back again.

Washington: Just add a handful of almonds: a University of Florida study suggests that improving one’s diet can be as simple as that.

Minneapolis: Antibiotics may be linked to a serious disruption in brain function, called delirium, and other brain problems, more than previously thought, according to a “Views and Reviews” article published in the recent online issue of Neurology, a medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Sacramento: Adding to the already length list of reasons not to smoke, researchers have connected smoking to worsening degenerative disc disease in the cervical spine, according to research presented this week at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting in Sacramento, Calif.