The results of a new study suggests, in some people, the body's reaction to stress may raise the chances of developing high cholesterol.

U.K researchers find healthy middle-age adults, whose cholesterol rose in response to a stressful task, have increased chances of suffering from high cholesterol several years later

Taking care of Alzheimer's patients may lead to gum disease, according to Psychosomatic Medicine magazine.

Researchers say that the link is related to stress

A new study reveals that children who spent more time in daycare were protected from their mothers' emotional exhaustion.

Dr. Julie Turner-Cobb of Bath University and Dr. David Jessop at Bristol University carried out the research. Dr. Turner-Cobb says that children were not affected by the mother's emotional feelings about work if they attended daycare

Vigilant condom use is a proven way to lower both the risk of contracting the virus that causes genital herpes, in both genders.

HSV-2 causes most cases of genital herpes, a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes recurrent outbreaks of sores in and around the genitals

A new poll reveals one-third of older Americans are not only having sweet dreams at night, but sleeping well, too. In addition, a Gallup polls shows men over 50 are getting the most out of their shut-eye.

The poll also shows sleep is never completely peaceful for 8 percent of adults, while the remainder lose at least one night a week, according to results released today by the International Longevity Center-USA, a New York-based non-profit policy group