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Great Summer Workouts
Outdoor exercise tips for summer. Toss out your tired indoor winter fitness routine for some creative ways to keep in shape this summer.
Published: Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Weight Loss Surgeries Increase Sixfold
There was a nearly sixfold increase in the number of weight loss surgeries performed in the United States between 1998 and 2002, a new study shows.
Published: Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Top 10 Summer Health Concerns for Kids
An online survey shows that parents' top health concerns for their kids during the summer include sunburn, bee stings, and Internet safety.
Published: Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Your Memory: Better Than You Think?
The healthy brain may hold memories we don't even remember are there, new research shows.
Published: Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Supersize Portions, Downsize Wallet?
Super-sized food portions may not be a great financial deal in the long run, argue researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Published: Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Bipolar Youths May Misread Faces
Youths with bipolar disorder may see hostility in faces that look blank to other people, new research shows.
Published: Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Fewer Kids Drinking Alcohol Before 13
The percentage of kids who have their first alcoholic drink before turning 13 has shrunk in recent decades, new research shows.
Published: Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Coffee May Help Postmenopausal Heart
The latest buzz on coffee and health is that drinking one to three cups of coffee per day might help save postmenopausal women's hearts.
Published: Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Music May Ease Chronic Pain
People dealing with chronic pain may get some relief by listening to music for an hour a day, new research shows.
Published: Fri, 26 May 2006 04:47:00 GMT

1 in 3 Americans at Risk for Diabetes
As many as a third of American adults with type 2 diabetes don't even know they have the disease, according to alarming new findings from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Published: Fri, 26 May 2006 04:45:10 GMT

FDA Approves First Shingles Vaccine
The FDA has approved the first vaccine for adult shingles.
Published: Fri, 26 May 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Hearty Drinkers Have Healthy Hearts
The more women drink -- and the more often men drink -- the healthier their hearts, a study shows.
Published: Thu, 25 May 2006 22:56:00 GMT

Top 10 Causes of Death Worldwide
The world's leading causes of death in 2001 were heart disease and stroke, according to a new study on global health.
Published: Thu, 25 May 2006 22:25:39 GMT

Green Tea Blocks HIV in Test Tubes
An antioxidant in green tea may block HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, from attaching to an important molecule on immune system cells.
Published: Thu, 25 May 2006 21:47:27 GMT

Herb-Drug Interactions Uncommon
New research suggests that potentially dangerous interactions between drugs and herbal supplements may occur less often than are widely believed.
Published: Thu, 25 May 2006 20:42:46 GMT