CHAPEL HILL NC, March 9, 2010 – Children who have been abused psychologically, physically or sexually are more likely to suffer unexplained abdominal pain

NEW YORK, March 8, 2010 - America's leading beverage companies have delivered on a three-year commitment with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation

LOS ANGELES CA, March 7, 2010 - There’s an epidemic in progress, and it has nothing to do with the flu. A ground-breaking study published in the March 2010 Journal

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, March 4, 2010 — Fifty-four percent of women would rather be hit by a truck than be fat. No wonder nearly 10 million females (and 1 million males) in the U.S. are battling

Jennifer Pelham  kicks off her black Marc Jacobs pumps, slips out of her trim Theory blazer, and collapses on the couch.

Israeli scientists have claimed that listening to the music of the 18th century classical genius, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, benefits premature babies. Researchers from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre found that listening to the composer for just 30 minutes a day helps premature babies use less energy, which may help them grow faster. "Within 10 minutes of listening to...

PHILADELPHIA -- Since the introduction of statins to treat high cholesterol, the decline in lipid levels experienced by the wealthy has been double that experienced by the poor. While statins are highly effective in reducing cholesterol and improving heart health, their use may have contributed to expanding social disparities in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, according to research by Virginia W. Chang, MD, PhD, of the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Pennsylvania, and Diane S. Lauderdale, PhD, of the University of Chicago, published in the September issue of Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Short-term memory getting worse? Exercise getting harder? Examine your diet. New research published online in The FASEB Journal(http://www.fasebj.org) showed that in less than 10 days of eating a high-fat diet, rats had a decreased ability to exercise and experienced significant short-term memory loss. These results show an important link between what we eat, how we think, and how our bodies perform.

Whole Foods is asking its private label suppliers to prove that they do not use genetically modified products through a new verification system. This seems like a really good idea. Whole Foods knows that its customers do not want GM foods.

SCOTTSDALE Ariz; March 7, 2010 -  More and more Americans are turning to herbal remedies to help manage chronic conditions or promote general health and wellness.

Whole Foods Market has long dominated the natural and organic food scene, and most liberals who shop there believe they're putting their money where their mouth is.

Already get your tomatoes in season from the farmers’ market or — even better — grow your own organic produce?

BOSTON, MA - Leading Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) nutrition and health researcher Walter Willett, M.D., Dr. P.H., has written a letter to the President-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) offering an alternative to the organization’s decision, announced in October, to accept a six-figure grant from the Coca-Cola Company to develop web content on beverages and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Marcy Duda, a former home health aide with four children and two granddaughters, never dreamed she'd be publicly touting the medical benefits of pot.

But marijuana, says the 48-year-old Ware, Mass., resident, is the only thing that even begins to control the migraine headaches that plague her nine days a month, which she describes as feeling like "hot, hot ice picks in the left side of my head."