Need to lower your cholesterol? Try thumbing through the "portfolio diet."
New research reveals that the diet, which combines soy, nuts, plant sterols, and fiber, may work better than a traditional low-fat diet.

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Botox can cause more than just your wrinkles to freeze -- it can help an overactive bladder.
The face-freezing pharmaceutical injection was given the nod by the Food and Drug Administration to treat people with multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury who suffer from urinary incontinence and must manage it with medication or a catheter.

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Scientists are saying that ecstasy-an illegal drug largely connected with hardcore clubgoers-can actually treat several forms of cancer.
However, a market-ready medication doctors can prescribe to patients may take another ten years to develop, researchers told BBC Radio.

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Having trouble sticking with an exercise routine? Don't blame your willpower.
New research suggests that whether or not you can overcome obstacles in your workout regime could boil down to confidence.
"Almost 50 percent of people who begin an exercise program drop out in the first six months," said University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Edward McAuley, who led the research. His assumption? A lack of a quality he refers to as "self-efficacy," or "situation-specific self-confidence."

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