One study underway is focusing on a vaccine that may prevent Colon Cancer from ever forming.

At your local movie theater the latest blockbuster isn’t the only big thing you may be busting your seams if you hit the concession stand.

Online medical products may be cheap but they can come at a very high cost.

To all the spinners and runners and stair climbers out there—there’s a new message. Spending more time at the gym may not help as much as this.

A free website allows you to load a picture of your current self and they will show what you would look like at your goal weight.

A Pennsylvania mother has turned adversity into triumph… She’s made a difficult situation with her children’s health, into a new career opportunity.

Video games geared to get your booty and whatever else moving.

Studies show tanning releases endorphins, an opiate-like substance produced naturally in the body that makes you feel good—so good, some people get addicted.

Eating healthy is always a good idea, but during cold and flu season it’s especially important.

Eat six of the special cookies throughout the day when your hungry, and in the evening you have a sensible dinner. Lynda Sells says the cookie diet worked for her.

New research has found that adults who are childhood cancer survivors are less likely to marry compared with their siblings and the general population. The side effects of treatment along with other factors play a role.

Salmon, tuna, and other fish are loaded with heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, so they must be good for you, right? Not so fast—some types of fish have more mercury than others, and others are harvested from the ocean or farmed in a way that’s harmful to the environment.

Three runners collapsed and died during the Detroit Marathon on Sunday. Although that news is shocking and frightening for runners and non-runners alike, such deaths are rare, experts say.

What looks like something out of a science fiction movie is delivering out of this world results to patients trying to eliminate stubborn belly, thigh and back fat.
The new procedure is called Zerona non-invasive body slimming.

If the thought of a dentist’s drill makes your nervous, you aren’t alone. Studies show as many as 85 percent of adults have some kind of dental anxiety. But calming your nerves may be as easy as the touch of a button.

While the majority of women use soap and water on their hands after using the bathroom, men often need blunt reminders to lather up, according to research on hygiene habits conducted by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

What should you do when start losing the weight loss battle?

Nearly 14 percent of children in the U.S. have high blood pressure. For children, there is no single measurement for high blood pressure because blood pressure rises as a child grows.

With a new shipment of the H1N1 vaccine in the Lowcountry, the first public clinic has been moved up.

Doctors and experts insist that exercise is one of the keys to losing weight and that Americans should be skinnier. But most people overestimate the number of calories they burn during a work out ... and then they tend to overeat afterwards. Also a lot of people believe that exercising gives them the freedom to eat what they want.

Breast cancer isn’t just a woman’s disease. Men also have breast tissue that can undergo cancerous changes. While women are about 100 times more likely to get breast cancer, any man can develop breast cancer. Male breast cancer is most common between the ages of 60 and 70.

Women are not built to raise children alone, according to biological anthropologists. So in an age when moms are often isolated from family and friends, they turn to strangers online for help.

When it comes to childproofing your home, these are some important areas you don’t want to overlook.

Doctors are often rushed these days, so patients must come to appointments utterly prepared, one expert advises. Here are five ways to maximize your visit to the doctor’s office.

For cancer patients, nutrition is important, but many find that they are too tired to cook, nauseated to eat or the food tastes bad. A new cookbook, “What to Eat During Cancer Treatment” offers options.

To address those areas most affected by pregnancy, plastic surgeons are performing more Mommy Makeovers, which is a surgery combining both, a breast and abdominal procedure.

Are you finally ready for some good news about the recession? As it turns out, a shaky economy might actually be good for your health.

What makes a woman want to have sex? Is it physical attraction? Love? Loneliness? Jealousy? Boredom? Painful menstrual cramps? It turns out that woman have sex for all of these reasons and more, and that their choices are not arbitrary; there may be evolutionary explanations at work.

Walking is a wonder exercise: it can help control weight, reduce the risk of diabetes, certain cancers, and heart disease, and relieve stress. Best of all, walking is free. Here’s how to make every step count, no matter how often you hit the pavement.

According to research from Imperial College London, the death rate among patients admitted to English hospitals on the first Wednesday in August — the day, traditionally, that newly graduated doctors take up their posts — was, on average, 6% higher than for those admitted the last Wednesday in July.