We snuggle up to our cats on rainy days and fall on our knees when our dogs greet us at the door. Pets have become emotional touchstones for many, supplying the unconditional love and affection that ...

Every sport demands physical changes from its athletes. Tennis players have to teach their bodies to accelerate a ball from 0 to 120 mph in a second or two. Judo players learn to be thrown to the ...

Did you know that research has showed that women sustain more frequent and more severe head and brain injuries in sports, including horse riders, than their male counterparts? Ongoing research is ...

In the absence of concrete case reports, the most responsible way to approach talk of a fast-spreading brain illness in U.S. horses is to examine what is actually known, what remains unverified, and ...