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Healthier Diets Include (Surprise!) Frequent SnacksNutrition researchers have recently shifted their focus from single nutrients and foods to overall diet quality.
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HPV May Raise Women's Risk of Heart DiseaseThe findings imply that the HPV vaccine may also help prevent heart disease.
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Steve Jobs and Pancreatic Cancer: Why This Disease Is So DeadlyFor people living with pancreatic cancer, Steve Jobs' life was likely an inspiration.
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Hormone Orexin May Help Control Weight Gain, Study FindsSupplementing this hormone may be one way to help people lose weight.
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Quitting Smoking Improves MemoryQuitting benefits the mind as well as the body.
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New Bar? Your Alcohol Tolerance May Be Lower, Study FindsDrinking in the same place might raise your tolerance — but only in that place.
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In Mental Illness, Women Internalize and Men ExternalizeMental illness prevention efforts should focus on each gender's mental processes.
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Common Breast Cancer Drug Linked to Heart Problems in Older WomenThe heart problems seen in the study included congestive heart failure and a drop in the volume of blood pumped out by the heart with each beat.
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Want to Lose Weight? Eat the Same Food Every DaySimilar to the way that drug addicts develop a need to increase their dose to feel the same effects, we become habituated to the foods that we eat often.
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Smoking in Kids' Movies Decreased in 2010: CDCThe number of incidents of smoking in G, PG and PG-13 movies fell 72 percent.
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Should We Worry About Scarlet Fever in the US?Public health officials in the United States will be keeping an eye out for any signs that the bacteria are spreading.
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HPV Vaccine Reduces Early Signs of CancerThe study is the first to demonstrate that a vaccine program can lower the rate of precancerous cervical lesions in a population.
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Are Doctors Ignoring Patients' Weighty Issues?Not enough doctors are engaging in behavior interventions with their patients, researchers said.
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Virtual Weight Loss: Online Meetings Yield Healthy ResultsVirtual workouts don't burn any real-life calories, but they may build participants confidence in their ability to exercise.
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Why Pregnancy, Cancer Create Dangerous DuoThe finding may explain why pregnant women with cancer face an increased risk of their tumors metastasizing.
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Drug Halts Growth of Stubborn Breast Cancer CellsDrugs that halt a pathway crucial to the division of breast cancer stem cells will soon be tested in a clinical trial.
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Hundreds of Genes Involved in Autism, Many with Similar RolesScientists had hoped to find genes that played large roles in autism, but that search has been frustrating, researchers said.
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More Years of Schooling Have Healthful Effect on Blood PressureThe effect was especially strong in women, researchers said.
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Why Autism Is More Common in Males: Testosterone Affects GeneTestosterone and estrogen have opposite effects on a gene nicknamed RORA, researchers said.
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What Does It Take to Survive a Bullet to the Brain?A person's chances of surviving a bullet wound to the brain depend on the areas of the brain that are struck, the velocity of the bullet and whether the bullet exits the brain.
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Big Fat Disconnect: 90% of Us Think Our Diets Are Healthy
A new survey finds that just one out of 10 Americans say their diet is unhealthy.
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Type of Infant Formula Affects Weight Gain and Health
The type of formula fed to infants influences how quickly they gain weight,
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Some Cells Can Become Energy-Burning 'Brown Fat' Cells
Muscle cells and plain old "white" fat cells can be coaxed into becoming brown fat cells by treating them with a certain protein
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Is the Soda Tax Worth Its Weight?Taxing soda and other sweetened drinks may lead to only minimal weight loss among most people
