In summer, people have a higher risk of food poisoning because warmer temperatures allow food-borne germs to multiply quickly. Research has shown that the risk...

In a new study, researchers found that the obesity epidemic is mainly driven by unhealthy diets and lack of exercise, but genes do play...

Scientists have known insects experience something like pain since 2003, but new study proves for the first time that insects also experience chronic pain...

Many people can recite the major risk factors for heart disease, the stuff of posters, public service ads and dire warnings: smoking, high blood...

In a new study, researchers found that hip fractures in older adults can be very dangerous and often cause chronic illness, death, and high...

Intermittent fasting is a method of dieting that restricts the amount of time you are allowed to eat. The appeal of these diets is that...

In a new study, researchers found that living a healthy lifestyle may help offset a person's genetic risk of dementia. This is the first study...

In a new study, researchers found that the nutritional supplements people take or the diets they eat may not actually protect them against heart...

In a recent study, researchers found that sugar replacements can cause health changes that are linked to diabetes and obesity. The finding suggests that switching...

Pneumonia sends many American adults to the hospital every year. In a new study, researchers found that most pneumonia patients receive more antibiotics than they...

Recently, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) has published new primary prevention of heart disease guidelines. The new guidelines focus on traditional recommendations...

In a recent study, researchers found that a specific ingredient of the Mediterranean diet could protect against cognitive decline: extra-virgin olive oil. The Mediterranean diet,...