Enrollment at U.S. medical schools is on track to reach a targeted growth benchmark by 2016, according to an annual medical school enrollment survey conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies."U.S. are

Can a simple diagnostic test used to measure a heart's electrical activity help predict heart attacks? And can that knowledge help doctors reroute their patients away from coronary heart disease?These are the questions researchers at the of San

A new national study suggests that adults who receive an inheritance save only about half of what they receive, while spending, donating, or losing the rest.The results are good news for retailers, restaurant owners, and people in the service it

Researchers have designed a new version of a labor-tracking tool for pregnant women that they predict could reduce the use of hormonal intervention during labor and lower the number of cesarean sections performed on low-risk, first-time tool, a the

Computerized tomographic colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, is comparable to standard colonoscopy in its ability to accurately detect cancer and precancerous polyps in people ages 65 and older, says a paper published online last month

It's a scenario played out all too frequently: Adult children, worried about the safety of their aging parents, foist devices on them to monitor their safety. And their parents, resentful of having their privacy invaded and losing their resist a of

Older women with weaker circadian rhythms, who are less physically active or are more active later in the day, are more likely to develop dementia or mild cognitive impairment than women who have a more robust circadian rhythm or are more active in

Researchers involved in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging reported earlier this year that more than 6 percent of Americans between ages 70 and 89 develop mild cognitive impairment every year. Also, the condition appears to affect men and those who a a

Though an estimated 26.7 million Americans age 50 and older have hearing loss, only about one in seven uses a hearing aid, says a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers.The finding adds clarity to less rigorous estimates by device and how of

Computerized tomographic colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, is comparable to standard colonoscopy in its ability to accurately detect cancer and precancerous polyps in people ages 65 and older, says a paper published online last month