Year: 2016

Money and phones are loaded with germs--really loaded.

Many popular restaurants are offering a greater variety of food choices that include some healthier, lower calorie items on their...

Worldwide, cataracts are the leading cause of blindness. By age 80, more than half of all Americans either have a...

Pets of all kinds, except for cats, can suffer from separation anxiety when their owners are away.

Increasing your intake of legumes may boost feelings of satiety after a meal causing you to consume less and potentially...

The risk of heart disease for women diagnosed with endometriosis is especially magnified in those women who are 40 or...

Virtual therapies with a computer app are probably going to become increasingly common in the years to come.

Hearing the sounds we make while eating may keep our consumption levels lower than when they are drowned out by...

A team of scientists has successfully created the first laboratory-produced burgers that taste remarkably similar to traditional burgers.

Under the provisions of the 1990 National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act, every five years, HHS and the USDA...

New research has found that a mere 2.7 percent of Americans meet the minimum criteria for leading a healthy lifestyle.

The care a physician provides appears to suffer when a patient is difficult or disruptive during an appointment.

Mindfulness meditation may be a very effective way to achieve long-lasting, drug-free pain relief.

Having low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy may be associated with a greater chance of the child being diagnosed...

Shorter men and heavier women may find themselves at a small but noticeable disadvantage when it comes to both education...

over five million people still live in areas contaminated by radiation from the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters.

To understand how such a formula works, it helps to have some understanding of how the body interprets and handles...

Marginal increases to the quantity of water you consume--as little as one percentage point more of water--can make an impact...

There appears to be a brief window in the days immediately following a daylight saving time transition during which the...