Smoking can shave years off a person’s life and lead to an early death. Even if a man lives into his 70s, smoking can still steal several years of life.

The number of diabetes patients who take nutritional supplements to control their blood sugar is increasing. But do supplements really help to improve diabetes? What are the main ingredients that are used in supplements for diabetes? How safe and regulated are they?

If you’re like the vast majority of women, you probably don’t really know what your individual breast cancer risks are. You either overestimate your chances of developing the feared disease or underestimate them. Shocked? Read on.

Measles has been in the news lately after an exposure at a large church led to several infections in Texas. Now the state of  Massachusetts is facing a similar situation after discovering cases of potential hospital exposure.

Heart disease is the number one killer of Americans, claiming close to 800,000 lives each year. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that many of these deaths could be prevented.

As skin cancer rates continue to remain high, doctors are encouraged to educate patients about the benefits of using sunscreen to lower their risk of developing the condition.

Take a look at the ingredients in your shampoo. If you can pronounce any of the names or know what they do, you’re probably a chemist. One of those many-syllabled ingredients may cause cancer, and an environmental group wants to get it out of your hair.

After active treatment ends, how is the health of a cancer survivor managed?  What does the survivor need to know about things like future screenings or long-term side effects of cancer treatment?  How will these issues be addressed?

There are still many unknowns regarding the Cyclospora infections seen across the US this summer. But business is returning to normal for the salad company tied to outbreaks in Iowa and Nebraska.

Kids may be small, but they can be resourceful. If they see something they want — like a medicine bottle that might look like candy — they will do their best to get it. And that can be a problem.