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Can your kid be suffering from high cholesterol at even before puberty ?According to wide-ranging new guidelines expected from government-appointed experts who are t...
About 5 percent of U.S. children and teens are "severely obese," and the numbers are rising, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association.Althoug...
While it appears the rate of obesity among children has leveled off, the American Heart Association is reporting that the number of kids who are "severely obese" con...
Looking to enjoy the taste of eggs without eating the actual chicken? Whole Foods may have the answer for you.On Wednesday, California stores of the supermarket chai...
The percentage of U.S. adults with high cholesterol levels declined by a more than quarter over the last decade, according to a new government report.A nationally re...
Pope Francis is warning that the Catholic Church's moral edifice might "fall like a house of cards" if it doesn't balance its divisive rules about abortion, gays and...
Pope Francis warned that the Catholic Church's moral structure might "fall like a house of cards" if it doesn't balance its divisive rules about abortion, gays and c...
Pope Francis on Thursday urged "mercy" for homosexuals, divorced people and women who have abortions, saying the Catholic Church had to show understanding for the re...
Not everything in the world is about sex and politics. That message may take the New York Times a few more homilies and interviews with Pope Francis to understand.Th...
Diana Falzone on a fashion show for heart disease awareness
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that only about half of adults in the U.S. with high cholesterol get treatment for it, and to ma...
High cholesterol isn’t a disease, but if you have it you’re at risk for some serious health conditions.High cholesterol can manifest with or without symptoms. And th...
Statins are among the most commonly prescribed medications for lowering cholesterol and may be responsible for saving thousands of people plagued by heart disease. ...
Statins, a group of drugs that treat high cholesterol, do not appear to impair people's memory, as some recent claims had suggested, and their long-term use may even...
Rates of overweight and obesity in U.S. children and teens may be leveling off, but kids at the extreme - the severely obese - are still swelling in numbers and need...
Do cholesterol-lowering benefits outweigh potential side effects?
In older men with diabetes and prostate cancer, taking the diabetes drug metformin was linked to a lower risk of death, according to a new study.Researchers found me...
Genes involved in tasting sweet and savory flavors on the tongue also play a key role in properly working sperm, new research in animals finds.These findings could l...
When Kennedi Thompson started developing xanthomas – fatty deposits that appear as white, raised bumps on the skin – her parents initially thought she was having an ...