The likelihood of a woman with anorexia nervosa to have an unwanted pregnancy and have an abortion is far greater…

Extra-virgin olive oil is a healthy cooking oil and may be an effective ingredient for protecting the liver from oxidative stress.

While the average height is 5 feet 9 inches, researchers claim for each additional 2 inches, testicular cancer risk may increase by 13 percent.

With age comes bone density loss, and this may be reduced using a full-body vibration therapy.

Cardiovascular disease causes stiffening of blood vessels, and similar symptoms are noticed in obese children.

Men are less sexy if they grow up with a lot of sisters, according to a report published in Psychological Science.

Heavy smokers, who are middle-aged, experience more than twice the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia.

A new study at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, shows that treatments directed towards parents of obese children can work better than plans directed towards both the parents and the child.

According to current intelligence tests, 70-year-old people are much smarter now than they used to be.

Type II diabetes affected about 171 million people worldwide in the year 2000. By the year 2030, experts estimate nearly 366 million people will have type II diabetes.