Restless legs syndrome (RLS), a neurological disorder associated with unpleasant feelings in the legs that make it almost impossible to remain still, is 42% more likely to occur in obese men and women than in …

The latest issue of the ‘New England Journal of Medicine’ carries a report that indicates losing weight helps ease the symptoms of incontinence experienced by as many as 13 million American women.  Incontinence, or the …

It may be a woman’s need to eat for two during pregnancy that makes it harder for women in general to turn down favorite foods or to keep eating even after hunger has been sated.  …

Medical researchers have discovered snoring is a lot of work.  Snorers burn as many as 373 more calories during sleep each night than people who sleep more soundly.  That’s about as much as a person …

High triglyceride levels have long been associated with the development of heart disease but until researchers at the University of Maryland tapped into the nearby Amish gene pool, no identifiable link had been found.  Now …

Seems every diet book ever published has a chapter devoted to exercise but it’s probably the least likely chapter to be read.  Or followed.  The Institute of Medicine also tells us how much exercise we …

Like the Marlboro Man and martini-swilling TV characters of a couple of decades ago, some advocates for children’s nutritional health would like to see the king of burgers and his clownish golden-arched competition disappear from …

Now that people everywhere have come to accept the increased risk of heart disease that comes with an apple-shaped body, new research says it’s all fat, no matter where it sits, that ups the risk …

The number of teenagers taking prescription medications for type 2 diabetes at the end of 2005 was double the number from the beginning of 2002, according to the results of an extensive study of prescription …

New York City officials have taken their city to task on the obesity epidemic sweeping the United States and other industrialized countries. Trans fats were recently banned in all New York City restaurants and …