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Imagine walking into a McDonald’s and having your cell phone recognize your location and make healthy menu recommendations.

Eighty minutes a week of aerobic or resistance training helps not only to prevent weight gain, but also to inhibit a regain of harmful visceral fat one year after weight loss.

A long-term study of bariatric surgery for weight loss in obese individuals showed the procedure has no effect on the rates of MI when compared with individuals who underwent conventional care.

Eating just a little bit more fiber could have a big impact in trimming the waistlines of America’s young people, new research shows.

In a comparison of five different smoking cessation medications, a nicotine patch plus a nicotine lozenge appears most effective at helping smokers quit, according to a new report. 

Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have a twofold increased risk of hypothyroidism, including a five-fold greater risk among women, data from a retrospective case-control study showed.

    By Sheri Colberg-Ochs, Ph.D.   How many of you read the Time magazine cover story from the August 17, 2009 issue titled "The Myth about Exercise"? If you did see the cover, it likely immediately caught your interest as it showed a reasonably fit and young woman walking …

Repeated exposure to the low blood sugar levels caused by poorly controlled diabetes may damage the brain’s cognitive function, according to a study.

Being uninsured and having diabetes is a lethal combination according to a new study. 

Compared to the general population, patients starting dialysis have an increased risk of death that is not attributable to a higher rate of death from cardiovascular causes, as previously thought, according to a study.