Research has shown that nearly 50 percent of all medication is not taken as prescribed, while another 20-to-30 percent of prescriptions are never even filled. But a recent analysis suggests that doctors may have found a method to help patients adhere to their pill-taking schedule: text reminders.

The millennial generation (born between 1984 and 2004) has its own take on food and nutrition. From eschewing breakfast cereals to checking the web for information, they don't necessarily follow in their predecessors' footsteps when it comes to what they consume.

For years, scientists have considered the spiral-shaped bacterium Borrelia burgorferi the only microbe that causes tick-borne Lyme disease in the United States. But now a team of Mayo Clinic scientists have identified another Lyme disease culprit.

The marketing game is big on this one. It has a lot to do with the pH in your body, and yet very little to do with sound science.

Two unnecessary instances of how government is trying to tell the public what they should, should not, and must do, to keep healthy: (1) mandatory GMO labeling is the way to go, and (2) too much salt, is, well, too much, and some restaurants must warn patrons of that.

Findings from a Veterans Affairs internal investigation found significant gaps in quality service provided to veterans from a center in upstate New York. The most disturbing discovery showed that some calls to its suicide prevention hotline going unanswered, before they were redirected to a voice mail system that some staffers didn't know existed.

Lousy laminate flooring from China has put formaldehyde squarely in the news. And the media, as well as the usual scare groups, is having a field day with it, prompting homeowners to wonder if they should tear up their new floors. But there's plenty that you don't know about this chemical that may surprise you.

With millions of Americans having suffered concussions, so-called brain rehabilitation clinics are gaining prominence, offering intensive, week-long treatment to help victims return to cognitive normalcy. But these treatments are unproven, and claims of success have not been verified or peer-reviewed.

After absorbing a recent article in Medical News Today, which featured astonishingly absurd claims of success emanating from a Mexican stem cell clinic, Paul Knoepfler took a deep breath before taking stock of his well-placed skepticism. Here's what the associate professor at UC Davis School of Medicine, and expert on stem cell research, has to say.

Brazil plans to use gamma radiation to halt the spread of Zika. Did we forget about the GM mosquito? It's modern technology, you know.