A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.

Research maintains that the natural limit for human lifespan is about 122 years, based on the fact that the longest-living ...

Former NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan explores what Trump’s nominations of RFK Jr. and David Weldon mean for health ...

US President Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Transportation was sworn in to his new job yesterday. And as widely ...

The gap in average life expectancy between Black and white Americans shrank significantly in the decades before the COVID-19 pandemic, though there was wide variation between states, new findings from ...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Five Massachusetts college students appeared in court Thursday, accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through a dating app and then seizing him as part of a ...

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“Being in nature helps to decrease cortisol levels, decreases their stress levels, it helps to improve overall health,” Bostick Cammon says. The US Department of Agriculture says it also ...

Because of their hormonal susceptibility, distinct nicotine metabolism, and increased risk of heart disease and lung cancer, women have a lower life expectancy per cigarette than men. A longer, ...

Much attention has been paid in recent years to life expectancy in the U.S., which remains lower than in many other industrialized nations that spend less on health care. But with data suggesting ...