A new weight loss drug called Acomplia looks promising, say European researchers.

New research suggests that people have become more sensitive to allergies over the last 25 years.

If your waistline is larger than 39 inches, you may already be on the road to diabetes or heart disease.

An East Texas doctor, ordered not to perform surgical procedures in any non-accredited office, hospital or surgery center for 2 years.

An innovative physical therapy technique may relieve back pain even when all other treatments fail.

Smokers who limit alcohol or don't drink may cut their cigarette cravings, researchers report.

The variety of leisure and physical activity one engages in -- and not its intensity in terms of calories expended - may reduce dementia risk in older people, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins.

New findings from researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center help explain how the 20,000 to 25,000 genes in the human genome can make the hundreds of thousands of different proteins in our bodies.

Every protein--from albumin to testosterone--is folded into a unique, three-dimensional shape that allows it to function properly. Now Stanford University scientists have developed a simple test that instantly changes color when a protein molecule attached to a gold nanoparticle folds