We saw someone walking along the street the other day with a cascade of dollar bills falling from her pocket — oblivious to the warnings of passers-by because she was wearing headphones. She could’ve lost more than a few bucks, according... 

Americans may be as heavy as they’re going to get — at least for now. That’s what new government data suggest. While obesity rates climbed sharply in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s, their increase has slowed or leveled off in many population... 

The Health Blog’s chief safety worry about running has always been evading the cellphone-wielding drivers making right turns with no regard to who might be in the crosswalk. But anecdotal reports of deaths during marathons and half-marathons over... 

It turns out that although smoking a doobie on your front porch may be illegal, it might not be as bad for your lungs as previously thought. A recent study on marijuana users – and the largest study on this population every conducted – found... 

If you’re looking to add running to your fitness routine in 2012, it must be time to buy new sneakers to jump-start your January. Since the shelves of colorful shoes lining the walls of your local sportswear store can be overwhelming, we talked... 

A Medical Center in the state of Brooklyn, shows in a recent study that a newly developed inhibitor of Hsp70 (heart shock protein 70), seems to have strong anti-tumor effects on a bone marrow cancer, known as multiple myeloma. In spite of the aggressive... 

As per the Scientists, who are from the Medical Research Council, brain cells can be repaired after the disease or injury with the help of the protein which is produced by the brain. The study was published in the prestigious journal PNAS, has further... 

If you were tested for the “breast cancer gene” — mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that raise the risk of breast, ovarian and other cancers — would you tell your children? That’s the question researchers posed to 253... 

One of the saddest times in someone’s life also appears be a period of increased vulnerability to a heart attack, new research shows. A study of 1,985 adult heart attack survivors finds that heart-attack risk rises to 21 times higher than normal... 

It’s ironic, but the concept of holistic wellness isn’t always popular with some of my clients. Not everyone is interested in learning the root causes of their conditions or “dis-eases” and/or taking the necessary steps to address...