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 Many Americans have skewed perceptions when it comes to their weight, often believing they are thinner than they really are, even when the scales are shouting otherwise, a new poll finds.
Continue reading Many Americans Don't Even Know They're Fat.
 Teens who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to eat a high-fat diet that puts them at risk for obesity and the many health problems connected with it, new research shows.
Continue reading Sleep-Deprived Teens Eat More Fat, Study Finds.
 Women who eat a lot of red meat may be increasing their risk of developing heart disease, Harvard researchers report.
Continue reading Red Meat May Boost Women's Heart Disease Risk.
 The number of babies born in the United States has dropped for the second year in a row, according to new federal statistics released Friday that provide more evidence that the nation's economic troubles are affecting the birth rate.
Continue reading U.S. Birth Rate Falls Again, a Possible Effect of Economic Downturn .
 Longevity is clearly a blessing, but it presents the elderly and their children with practical problems. Preparing for a time when our parents are not able to get around as well as they used to is more important today than it has ever been.
Continue reading The Challenge of Caring for An Aging Latino Population .
 Black and Hispanic living kidney donors are at increased relative risk for hypertension, diabetes requiring drug therapy, and CKD compared with their white counterparts, according to researchers.
Continue reading Living Kidney Donor Outcomes Vary by Race .
 Research to help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care to be presented at national conference
 Leslie-Ann Ogiste, top left, and her son Makael Constance used coupons at a farmers' market. At center is Gus Schumacher, the chairman of Wholesome Wave. The farm stand is becoming the new apothecary, dispensing apples -- not to mention artichokes, asparagus and arugula -- to fill a novel kind of prescription.
Continue reading Produce by 'Prescription' Seeks to Address Childhood Obesity .
 Religious transplant patients have a better chance of survival than those who do not believe in God, according to a new study.
Continue reading Scientists Link Faith, Transplant Survival.
 Kindergarteners may be more likely to eat vegetables if they're enticed with things such as tasting parties, cooking classes, gardening and even Popeye cartoons.
Continue reading Gardening, Cooking Parties Double Kids' Veggie Consumption.
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 It sounds like a great prescription, but a new study finds that many heart patients aren't all that sweet on using chocolate as medicine.
Continue reading Many Patients Say 'No' to Chocolate As Medicine.
 Dry pet food may be a little-known source of Salmonella bacterial infection among humans, and young children seem to be especially at risk, a new study finds.
Continue reading Your Pet's Food Dish Could Serve Up Salmonella.
 The body of Simon Bolivar, father of the Latin American revolutions, was exhumed last week in Venezuela. Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, is pursuing a hunch that Bolivar died of some nefarious violent act, and not, as the official story holds, of tuberculosis.
Continue reading Bringing Faith Into the Tuberculosis Fight .
 Once controversial, birth control is now often used by Christians. Is contraception a sin? The very suggestion made Bryan Hodge and his classmates at Chicago's Moody Bible Institute laugh.
Continue reading Christians Examine Morality Of Birth Control.
 Schools in the United States are becoming healthier places thanks to more nutritious food and an increased focus on exercise, but still more is needed to combat teen obesity, a series of studies concludes.
Continue reading Nutrition Still Not 'A' Grade in U.S. Schools: Studies.
 Children and youth who don't have enough to eat are at increased risk of poor health, and repeated episodes of hunger may put them at risk for chronic diseases such as asthma, researchers say.
Continue reading Lack of Food Puts Kids at Risk for Asthma, Other Chronic Ills.
Continue reading Eco-Fabulous Secrets to Every Day Beauty .
 An analysis of studies has produced what its authors describe as a precise description of the beneficial effects of nut consumption on cholesterol and other heart-related fats.
Continue reading Eating Nuts May Help Cholesterol Levels.
 Falls, bicycle crashes, burns, motorized vehicle accidents and near-drownings are the leading causes of hospitalization for children during the summer, experts say.
Continue reading Each Summer, Falls Top the List of Ways Kids Get Hurt.
 New research indicates that major American fast food chains have substantially cut down on the use of unhealthful trans fats in their cooking oils.
Continue reading Major Fast Food Chains Have Reduced Trans Fats.
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