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Put down the pills and head to the supermarket. Mushrooms and supplements had the same effect on participants' vitamin D levels in a new...

Stress is usually categorized under mental health, but it can manifest in physical ways as well — and the long-term effects can be serious. From headaches and acne to heart problems and hypertension, here are 10...

A roundup of this week’s health-and-wellness stories, from the latest in hard science to the strangest head-scratchers hurtling through the...

Being No. 1 isn't always a good thing. According to new CDC stats, Mississippi leads the country in terms of obesity with 34.9% of its population qualifying as obese, while Colorado falls at the other end of the spectrum...

The lesson we learned this week: The sodium in frozen meals is nothing compared with the outrageous amount in soup. While some of these brands may be low in calories and fat, it’s more than likely that their sodium content...

It’s not news that Americans’ colossal portion sizes have played a major role in our obesity epidemic, but this infographic from the CDC really depicts how massive our meals have...

Back in June, a study was generating headlines like “Feeling fat? Blame all those potatoes." And then last week potatoes sprouted into the spotlight again with a new study claiming that the tendentious tuber reduces blood...