The levels of caffeine in your blood could affect the amount of body fat you carry, a factor that in turn could determine ...

For some individuals, obesity may play a secondary role in their medical problems by exacerbating existing conditions. For ...

Bad news for standing desk zealots: you may not be as superior to your seated counterparts as you once thought.

Heart health is woven into the fabric of daily life for many, particularly for those who turn to coffee for a boost of energy ...

Melanie Griffith is a chain-smoker who continues to spark up, despite her not-so-distant bout with skin cancer. Now, loved ...

Normally confidential contracts show that U.S. zoos are accepting increasingly strict terms governing panda cams and public ...

Thump-thump-swoosh-thump. Nothing may be scarier than being told that there has been a murmur detected in the heart of your ...

PCOS and menopause are rarely discussed, yet it could affect 1 in 10 women in the UK. Here, Health Writer Sarah Finley ...

Two people have died of influenza so far this season, CT health officials said while urging residents to stay up-to-date on ...

According to the National Kidney Foundation, about 14% of Americans have kidney disease and about 90% of them may not know it until it's very advanced.

Meanwhile, some people might notice they can no longer tolerate the cold—which is one sign of hypothyroidism, or an ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an increasingly understood disease, with the genetics and pathophysiology mapped out to the extent that new therapies are emerging.1 The epidemiology, however, ...