The bittersweet reality of a diet packed with sugar: It's bad for your brain. Too much added sugar can raise your risk of cognitive impairment, according to a research review of 77 studies published ...

Excessive sugar consumption can overwhelm your liver, leading to fat accumulation, inflammation, insulin resistance, and ...

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Added sugar isn't exactly a health food, but there's one major reason to opt for the real deal over those with artificial sweeteners or sugar alcohols.

A Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations this past winter during a surge in influenza cases has been tapped to serve as the new number two ...

Massachusetts health officials are scrubbing links to federal health data from their web pages after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week promoted the debunked claim that vaccines ...

Cuts to funding and personnel at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endanger the public’s health and threaten to disrupt the development of lifesaving vaccines, said former CDC director ...

LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Swiss NGO Public Eye on Tuesday accused Nestle (NESN.S), opens new tab of double standards by alleging that the company sells infant cereal in Africa with higher sugar ...

Spokane pediatrician Dr. Sarah d’Hulst has “basically never” treated a baby with hepatitis B. She fears that may change soon.

Most Americans get more than half their calories from ultraprocessed foods, those super-tasty, energy-dense foods typically full of sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats, according to a new federal report.

Scientists at Ohio State successfully used probiotic peptides to combat bacteria in chickens, promising that safer turkey dinners are on the horizon. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with ...

Mike Lawler (R-NY), and Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at reducing childhood obesity and diet-related chronic diseases.