"What is good for the heart is good for the brain," one researcher says.

For years, cancer was believed to be a disease that affected older people. However, in the last few years, cancer rates have been spiking among millennials and Gen Z. Food and lifestyle habits are bei ...

MRI data shows skeletal frame size predicts muscle potential better than height, weight or BMI ...

Low back pain is one of those problems that can sneak into daily life and refuse to leave. It can make it harder to work, sleep, or even sit through a meal.

For years, doctors have warned that carrying excess weight is bad for the heart and blood vessels. Now, a major body of ...

Medical expenditures were higher among individuals with a body mass index (BMI) outside the “healthy weight” range, reflecting the broader health burden associated with both low and high BMI, ...

Doctors say South India’s higher diabetes rates are driven by diet, lifestyle, and early detection. Here are simple lifestyle ...

A metric that looks beyond height and weight to underlying biological markers of metabolic health is providing revised ...

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...

A genetic study reveals that it is not coffee itself, but how long caffeine remains in the blood, that influences the risk of diabetes.

More girls are hitting puberty at eight or earlier. Researchers are exploring the causes, the consequences and what should be done.

In the United States, heart disease remains the leading cause of death, accounting for more than 915,973 deaths in 2023 alone ...