"obesity"

More and more research is discovering new health benefits of many common foods. Nuts are among those, with recent reports that nuts can help reduce blood pressure and lessen the …

Look around you and you can readily see how overweight many Westerners have become. Obesity and all its effects are quickly becoming a scourge to society. Along with the obvious …

Given how prevalent heart disease has become in American society, and how many people die of heart ailments, the American Heart Association has come up with a list of seven …

Diabetes is becoming an increasingly common health issue in the developed world. As a result of dietary changes and a more sedentary lifestyle, millions of Americans develop diabetes every year. …

With sugar being increasingly vilified for its negative effects on health and its role in obesity and related diseases such as diabetes, more and more Americans are shunning sweeteners such …

Diabetes is a debilitating disease that affects millions of Americans. Over 100 million Americans are currently estimated to live with diabetes or prediabetes, with over 30 million of those suffering …

Alzheimer’s disease continues to be a deadly mystery for scientists. Cases of the dementia-inducing disease are estimated to increase by 44 percent by 2025. However, the results of some studies …

Since the early 2000s, the notion that sitting is killing you, even if you are physically active, and that there is virtually nothing you can do about it has been …

November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. And while the month may be over, continued awareness of Alzheimer’s should be a year-round endeavor. With that in mind, we present a guest post …

Americans are riddled with knee problems, from nagging inflammation to immobility, all the way to ACL reconstructions. Knee pain is the second most common form of chronic pain and it …