Cutting down on sugary sodas and energy drinks may not only help you stick to your calorie goal; it also might help reduce your disease risk as well.

Keeping track of which dietary supplements are beneficial, harmful, or do nothing at all is a time-consuming endeavor. So what’s the latest information on calcium and vitamin D supplements?

For years, healthcare professionals have known that quitting smoking can improve heart health. It may be that the heart can heal even faster than previously thought.

Being overweight or obese can raise the risk for heart disease and stroke. While losing weight may help, shedding pounds can be hard. There may be other ways for overweight people to lower these risks.

Women have all sorts of decisions to make about their behavior during the months that they are pregnant. Some of their decisions can boost the likelihood of a healthier pregnancy.

Before you put food in front of your kids, you may want to be mindful of the size of the bowl you put the food in. According to new research, it could affect how much they eat.

It is standard for many colleges to require vaccinations protecting students against meningitis. Now one US university is coping with a strain of the illness not protected by routine vaccines.

Type 2 diabetes can lead to kidney failure, heart problems and even blindness. Weight loss surgery might help protect against these diabetes-related health issues.

If a woman is told something doesn’t look right after a mammogram, the doctor is likely to order a biopsy to confirm or dismiss the presence of breast cancer. How does having this procedure affect the woman?

Choosing weight loss surgery is a major health decision, and it's important for patients to know their options. A recent study compared two weight loss surgeries for type 2 diabetes patients.