The moment when a cancer begins to spread throughout the body — metastasis — has always been the most dreaded turning point of the disease. Without metastasis, cancer would barely be a blip on the collective consciousness. Fewer than 10 percent of cancer deaths are caused by the primary tumor; the rest stem from metastasis to vital sites like the lungs, the liver, the bones and the brain. Until the last five years or so, metastasis has remained something of a mystery.

For decades, scientists have looked for explanations as to why certain conditions occur with age, among them memory loss, slower reaction time, insomnia and even depression. Now a fascinating body of research supports a largely unrecognized culprit: the aging of the eye.

Acupuncture is gaining new traction—and respect—in hospitals and doctors' offices as evidence of its curative power piles up, but some skeptics still have doubts.

As anxiety and depression among college students soars, universities in Connecticut and nationally are expanding their mental health counseling, even offering courses that address mental well-being.

A meet-the-family event led to a panic attack, which led the author to search for the causes of panic disorder.

Experts say parents of NICU infants experience multiple traumas and can suffer from post traumatic stress syndrome. The NICU is very much like a war zone, with the alarms, the noises, and death and sickness . You don’t know who’s going to die and who will go home healthy.