Taking time each day to note positive moments and personal strengths; mindful breathing and reaching out in kindness are all part of program that reduces anxiety and depression. But it takes practice.

Genetic research has made incredible breakthroughs, but will these new discoveries be accessible to everyone?

Now that so many experimental drugs targeting amyloid-beta have bombed, scientists are looking for different approaches for treating Alzheimer's, including a drug that failed as a cancer treatment.

Caplan told Boston Public Radio Wednesday the WikiLeaks founder may may actually be better off in jail, in terms of medical treatment.

The U.S. is in the midst of a record-breaking measles epidemic. What brought us here, who is most at risk, and what do you need to know now?

A medical historian says there are four things we should have learned about pandemics, but haven't.

A fictitious asteroid is the focus of a realistic exercise, as experts at the Planetary Defense Conference run through how the Earth would respond to news of a looming asteroid strike.

Evidence is growing that 3D mammography provides more precise images and is better at detecting breast cancer — but the jury is still out on whether it saves lives.

In the 1970s, a group of scientists reported on an enormous threat because of climate change. Then it became a partisan issue.

How many ads have you encountered today? On this week's radio show, we discuss the insidiousness of advertising in American media.