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Thigh Flab Healthier than Muffin Top

Some people who are overweight or obese are metabolically healthy, while others are plagued with high blood pressure, problems regulating their blood sugar and high levels of fats ...
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Scientists Learn Why Alcohol Can Be Good For You

When you raise a glass to toast with some wine or champagne this Thanksgiving, you are doing your heart a favor, according to a new study. The results ...
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Viagra Gives Prostate Cancer Treatment a Lift

When combined with the erectile-dysfunction drug Viagra, a long-used chemotherapy drug called doxorubicin may be even more effective as a treatment for prostate cancer, according to a new ...
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Eye-Opener: FDA Criticized for Ban on Alcoholic Energy Drinks

While many health professionals and lawmakers are cheering the Food and Drug Administration’s decision yesterday to declare caffeine an illegal and unsafe additive to manufactured alcoholic beverages, critics ...
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School Vending Machines Detrimental to Kids’ Diets

School lunch programs often get a bad rap for not providing kids with the proper nutrition, but vending machines on campuses are making matters worse, a new study ...
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11 Big Fat Pregnancy Myths

There is, arguably, more superstition surrounding pregnancy than any other so-called “medical condition.” To separate fact from fiction, we examined the science behind the hearsay. Mark SchweizerMark is ...
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Holding Their Liquor Makes Women Much Sicker than Men

Some women may be able to hold their liquor as well as men do, but there’s no equality when it comes to whose health suffers more for it. ...
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Office Obesity: Desk Jockeys Put on Pounds

Sitting at your desk all day may be helping to add extra pounds around your waist, a new study suggests. “People eat better and exercise more today than ...
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The Down Side to Downsizing Your Waistline

Weight loss may have an unwanted side effect, according to a new study in the journal Nature: It may send a flood of environmental pollutants into the bloodstream. ...
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Sweet! Candy Eaters Surprisingly Slimmer

Those with a sweet tooth might not need to feel so guilty about admitting it. People who eat candy and chocolate tend to have smaller waists, weigh less ...
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