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Weight-Loss Surgery in Adolescence Offers Long-Term Health Benefits

Teens who had bariatric surgery show a reduced risk of diabetes and high blood pressure a decade later, yet few families opt for it. >

The Health Perks of Being a War Baby

British citizens born during wartime sugar rationing enjoy health benefits as adults that seem to stem from an early life with little sugar. >

Reduce the Inflammatory Potential of Your Diet

Eating more fruits and veggies and fewer processed foods can lower your risk of diseases linked to chronic inflammation, like heart disease. >

Have Another Cup: Caffeine Cuts the Risk of Cardiometabolic Disease

Caffeinated coffee and teas appear to reduce a person's risk of conditions like diabetes and stroke. Here's how much you need to consume. >

Sugar Ages You

Eating foods with lots of sugar speeds up cellular aging. Some simple ways to cut back and rejuvenate. >

Not Everything is Better with Bacon

Cutting back on our consumption of processed and unprocessed meat could cut rates of diabetes, colon cancer and heart disease. >

Bariatric Surgery Can Bring Bonuses for the Heart, Too

Surgeries that reduce the size of the stomach help patients lose weight. In certain patients, they also improve lipid and glucose levels. >

Do You Know the Numbers that Predict Heart Health?

Blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels are clues to cardiovascular health and easy to check, but too few know what they are. >

What's So Bad about 100 Percent Juice?

Kids who drink lots of fruit juice are getting more sugar than their bodies can easily handle and gaining weight. How much is too much? >

Plastics' High Health and Economic Costs

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals in plastics can trigger medical problems like diabetes and an estimated $250 billion in healthcare expenses. >

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