For millennia, humans squatted when they needed to defecate. Then the modern toilet was invented and we began sitting instead. However, a study published...

Researchers are excited to announce they may have found a clue in treating a rare form of autism. Autism is a poorly understood developmental...

In the study from Stanford University that stirred up a media fervor regarding the value of organic foods, investigators have discovered that one of the...

Curious about why women tend to develop more belly fat than men, researchers conducted experiments to answer this question. Surprisingly, it turns out that eating a high...

Researchers at the prestigious Moffitt Cancer Center reviewed existing studies regarding the impact chemotherapy has on cognitive function in cancer patients. They discovered that...

There was a media frenzy yesterday when Stanford researchers released a study to be published in the Annals of Internal Medicine which outlines their...

Nobody knows just how much of a risk toxins in our food really pose. Most of the associations between chemical exposures and disease are just that--associations. But we're exposed to dozens, if not hundreds, of chemicals, and the effects of some multiple exposures may be more...

If you're among the 79 million Americans with prediabetes - higher-than-healthy blood sugar levels that pave the way for diabetes and other health concerns - we've got sweet and sour news.

There has been a lot of buzz in recent years about calorie restrictive diets being an effective method to increasing longevity. However, recent research suggests that this approach to eating does little to increase life expectancy.

In a study from Emory University, researchers have found that PFC (polyfluoroalkyl compounds) exposure in pregnant mothers may contribute to development of obesity later in life.