Food choices can make a big difference—but the ways in which we cook and clean the kitchen are also key.

Pregnant women who get too much or too little sleep early in their pregnancy could develop elevated blood pressure in their third trimester, according to a new study published in the journal Sleep.

Dr. Greg Couser, M.D., is the medical director of the employee assistance program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. He also holds a handful of other titles, including two that begin with director or assistant director. Needless to say, his job is demanding, but he typically doesn't get too stressed out. Why? Because he has a lot of control over ...

FRIDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The flu vaccine is safe for children with food allergies, experts say, as long as precautions are taken.

THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 9 percent of adult Americans currently meet the criteria for clinical depression, federal officials reported Thursday.

TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- An intensive lifestyle change program helped people with type 2 diabetes lose weight and keep it off, a new study shows.

THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to the onset of early Alzheimer's disease, a person's family and close friends are better able to spot the initial signs of trouble than traditional screening by doctors, new research suggests

A new study from Sweden is stirring fresh debate over whether women in their 40s should get mammograms. It suggests that the breast cancer screening test can lower the risk of dying of the disease by 26 percent or more in this age group

TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- When taken shortly after the onset of symptoms, the antiviral drug Tamiflu seems to have protected otherwise healthy swine flu patients from contracting pneumonia during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, Chinese researchers say.

ATLANTA – Where would you start if you were charged with keeping the nation healthy? Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has chosen six priorities — winnable battles, he calls them.

Worried parents have bombarded the maker of Similac with phone calls and peppered Facebook and Twitter pages over fears about insects in the top-selling baby formula after millions of cans were recalled.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The imaging tests widely used in children's cancer treatment can expose some kids to potentially concerning levels of radiation, according to a study published Monday.

Of course there is a link between being infertile and being stressed!

If there’s one thing that most kids can agree on, it’s that chocolate milk is awesome. Turns out a lot of parents, perhaps recalling their own childhood love of Bosco and Nesquik think so too

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Getting enough magnesium in your diet could help prevent diabetes, a new study suggests.

SATURDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Children in the United States are not drinking as much water as they should, and the deficiency can have far-reaching implications, a new study suggests.

Researchers have found new risk factors for ovarian cancer that may ultimately increase chances for early diagnosis of the often deadly disease. A consortium of cancer scientists in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia recently published findings in the latest journal of Nature Genetics showing that four chromosome locations with genetic changes may alter a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer. ...