Washington: Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that persons with lower blood levels of vitamin D were twice as likely to die prematurely as people with higher blood levels of vitamin D.

San Diego: Both high and low frequency hearing impairment have been linked with sleep apnea in a recent study of nearly 14,000 individuals.

Adelaide: University of Adelaide research has for the first time confirmed that women who eat a poor diet before they become pregnant are around 50% more likely to have a preterm birth than those on a healthy diet.

Minneapolis: New research suggests that high blood pressure in middle age plays a critical role in whether blood pressure in old age may affect memory and thinking.

Washington: Couples may take longer to conceive a child when one or both partners has high cholesterol, according to a recently published study in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

Washington: Depressed smokers want to quit the nicotine habit just as much as non-depressed smokers, but a new study suggests that depression can put a kink in their success.