Environmental and lifestyle factors play a far greater role than genetics in determining the likelihood of dying young, ...

Nurture is more influential than nature when it comes to number of major diseases and premature death, according to a new ...

Some of the best museums in the country are in Massachusetts. USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards recently released its ...

About half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure and too few have it under control. Now some patients who've tried ...

SEN-L-leadership-0219 National Guard leadership ed program still strong at ASRHS AYER — A success story is one that ...

Local author Chris Boucher and Pollard Library Foundation member Jacquelynn Coles discuss Harry “Bucky” Lew, a Lowell native and the first African-American to play professional basketball.

In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural 'carbon sinks:' those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...

The ice is becoming a safety concern, so many are now desperate for some ice melt, but there’s been a shortage of salt in ...

Investigates has obtained a list of the most serious criminal charges home daycare providers had in their records when they ...

A Massachusetts firefighter was celebrated for his kindness after lending his jacket to a little boy after a car crash.

Regardless, Murray resolved to raise the child. But after reporting the mix-up to the fertility clinic, she says, its staff ...