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Serotonin is best known as your body’s “feel-good” chemical. It’s a chemical messenger that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite and other important functions.

That’s why many common antidepressants are designed to increas...

You may not drink every day. You may not even drink every week.

Maybe you enjoy a glass of wine with dinner once in a while. Or maybe you rarely drink during the week, but occasionally have several drinks at a party, wedding, barbecue or weekend dinner with friends.

No harm done, right?

Not necessarily.

New research from Keck Medicine o...

Summer is here, and I’m spending a lot more time in the sun — which means I’m also thinking a lot more about sun protection.

But lately, that’s been a little complicated.

Over the last few years, we’ve learned that many of the ch...

Knee pain can change your life — from forcing you to take the elevator instead of the stairs to bracing yourself before standing up from a chair.

So when your knee aches, catches or feels like it might give out, it’s easy to assume something inside must be “torn” and needs to be surgically cleaned up.

That’s especially true when an MRI shows a meniscus tea...

Most women know perimenopause, the transition leading up to menopause, when hormone levels fluctuate and periods often become irregular, can bring hot flashes, mood changes, sleep problems and unpredictable periods.

What they may not know is that this transition can also quietly open the door to heart disease.

That sounds discouraging. But new research fro...