Want your kids to choose healthy foods over processed snacks? It may be helpful to know what fruits kids reach for most.

Sugary drinks have recently been linked to type 2 diabetes risk, but new evidence suggests a more complicated picture.

Comfort foods like chocolate can give you a temporary emotional boost. But if you're looking to stave off depression in the long term, you may want to choose an apple instead.

In the hunt for potential risk factors for two types of brain tumors, obesity may be a suspect.

Vitamin D is essential for building strong bones. But new evidence suggests that it may also play an important role in protecting against cognitive decline.

The Mediterranean diet has long been promoted as a heart-healthy way of eating. But, for women, there may now be another good reason to adopt this diet.

Many of the deaths that occur around the world today may be preventable.

Cucumbers are thought to be behind a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds across the US in recent weeks.

Exercise may be at the heart of good diabetes control. Literally.

Diabetes is a major cause of illness and death in the US. But there may be some hope on that front.