Get up off of that seat! Physical activity has many health perks, including lowering the risk of cancer and osteoporosis. Over the decades, staying active also brings great benefits to the heart.

The top causes of death in the US for people under 50 are not from disease. Extra caution while driving, saying no to drugs and leading a healthy lifestyle could go a long way to keep a person alive.

Women might think that not having enough of certain vitamins during pregnancy can hurt their developing child. That may be true sometimes, but not always.

There is a great deal of controversy about when to treat and when to watch certain cancers. Some doctors have argued that small kidney tumors can just be watched. A new study disputes that theory.

Osteoarthritis may sometimes be called the "wear and tear" form of arthritis, but that doesn't mean patients should stop moving to prevent further damage.

For healthy people, a drink or two can be okay. But for people with hepatitis C liver infections, a drink or two a day might be very dangerous.

Elevated sex hormone levels in pregnant women or in those who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) were often believed to be the culprit behind prevalent heartburn in women. But that may not be the case.

The causes of autism increasingly appear to come from a variety of different risk factors. One of those risk factors may be related to the childhood experiences of the children's mothers.

A father's older age has already been linked to a risk for autism in children in past studies. Now researchers have turned their attention to grandfathers.