Lowering your risk for health problems like diabetes and heart disease through diet may be simpler than once thought. Patients may need to simply focus on eating healthy, natural foods in general, rather than worrying about how healthy foods affect factors like blood sugar.

Want to reduce your heart disease risk? Some sun salutations or warrior poses might help.

After a heart attack, patients are usually ready to get back to their lives — and that includes their sex lives. Most patients, however, do not talk to their doctors about whether it is safe to do so.

Salt may be a little less sinister for patients with high blood pressure than once thought. And sugar may steal salt's spot on the list of blood pressure spikers.

Extra padding around the tummy may seem harmless, but it could pose some long-term health risks. Luckily, taking measures to reduce belly fat could reduce these risks.

Having weight loss surgery can improve obese patients' health, but it isn't a fix-all for health problems tied to being obese. Exercise may improve these patients' overall health even more and lower their risk for diabetes.

As more children become obese, related health problems like nonalcoholic fatty liver disease may be putting their health at risk.

Kids learn all sorts of things from their parents including healthy and unhealthy habits, suggest the authors of a new study.

Could a mother's weight before pregnancy affect her future child's health? A new study suggests so.