When parents consider video games, many thoughts come to mind -- but a medical prescription may not be one of them. Two companies have completed small, clinical trials aimed towards achieving FDA approval for its interactive brain games as a therapeutic option for kids with ADHD.

A recent study looked at psychosocial work factors and their impact on obesity. It showed a correlation between the number of workplace decisions and a person's waist size. Researchers focused on two job components, skill discretion and decision authority. Here's what they found.

Although many consumers believe organic food is better than the conventionally-produced varieties and are willing to pay a premium for it U.S. farmers apparently aren't drinking this particular KoolAid. At least, they're not rushing to grow organic crops.

Good news for those who are raising both kids -- and animals. A recent study suggests that early exposure to dogs or farm animals may lead to a reduced risk of childhood asthma. These findings are interrelated to the hygiene hypothesis, which claims exposure to bacteria early in life can build up a better immune system.

Two new landmark studies are now altering the debate of how to treat hypertension, and they'll necessitate that current guidelines be adjusted. Significant improvements in outcomes of heart attacks, strokes and mortality were observed when participants had a more aggressive treatment approach.

A new blood test that detects prostate cancer may send PSA formerly the gold standard of detection to the scrap heap. Not only does it involve a blood sample, rather than a biopsy, but the test also detects the deadly, aggressive form of the disease that PSA can miss entirely.

A new study says that high-dose Vitamin C selectively kills cells that carry a common cancer mutation in mice, and slowed the growth of tumors with the mutation. Seems promising, but it's way too early to say if this will apply to human health. In the meantime, be wary of the headlines.

If your mattress could talk, it would say, 'I'm dirty!'

The wife of the late Robin Williams recently said that it was not depression that killed her husband, but rather Lewy Body Dementia. What is dementia exactly, and what are the different types? We break it down.