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Differences between communication in regions of the brain are reported in a study that compared neural networks, signaling efficiency, and disruptions in connectivity in the brains of healthy elderly subjects and patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Rates of childhood obesity showed the first signs of a small decline in 19 of 43 sites studied by the CDC. Despite this encouraging news, nearly 1 in 6 (17%) children and teens are obese, including 1 in 8 (12%) preschoolers.

Employers can have a significant role in improving efforts to prevent and treat diseases such as cancer by introducing and supporting health promotion programs in the workplace.

A new study shows that obesity interventions can have beneficial effects on other health outcomes, such as cardiovascular fitness, regardless of its effect on BMI. Focusing on a single factor like BMI change can overlook other important outcomes.

The main characters' relationship in the best-selling novel Fifty Shades of Grey helps perpetuate the problem of intimate partner violence against women, according to an article in Journal of Women’s Health.

The conclusions reached by the authors of a recent autopsy study stating that incretin-based drugs to treat diabetes can increase the risk of pancreatic cancer are overstated and unnecessarily alarmist.

In recognition of World Breastfeeding Week, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers is providing free online access to 2012 and 2013 published issues of Breastfeeding Medicine for the entire month of August.

Other than a woman’s cancer risk, the most important factor that should determine ovarian conservation vs. removal is her age—whether she is older or younger than 50—according to a Review article published in Journal of Women’s Health.

A multifaceted new survey determined how women view diet and exercise in relationship to cancer and whether they believe they are engaging in healthy behaviors, and whether their diet and exercise choices really meet the minimum recommendations.

The composition of breast milk varies from mother to mother, and genetic factors may affect the levels of protective components in breast milk that could influence a newborn's outcomes.