In Utah, you're not allowed to capture the rain that falls on your roof unless you own the water rights to it. That's right, if raindrops keep fallin' on your head, you had better not collect or drink them them...

McDougall, Fuhrman, Ornish, Esselstyn, Barnard -- and the rest. Sure, they all agree that a healthy 100% plant-strong, or nearly-all plant-strong diet can reverse heart disease and work other miracles for your health. But they don't agree on everything, do...

CT scans, MRIs and other pricey imaging tests are often more for the doctor's benefit than the patient's, new research confirms. Roughly one-fifth of tests that bone and joint specialists order are because a doctor fears being sued, not because...

New research suggests a link between women’s exposure to household insecticides — including roach and mosquito killers — and the autoimmune disorders rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. The scientist did not find a direct cause-and-effect relationship between insecticide exposure and the...

More young people and adults in their 30s and 40s are being hospitalized for stroke, even as stroke rates are dropping in older people, new data show. The findings, reported this week at the American Stroke Association conference in Dallas,...

Poor eating and activity habits, not genetics, are the underlying causes for most cases of adolescent obesity, new research suggests. The finding stems from an analysis involving more than 1,000 Michigan sixth-grade students who participated in the Project Healthy Schools...

Fat-Related Inflammation Might Weaken Hair Follicles Miss Nebraska took the crown in last month's Miss America contest -- but Miss Delaware won a special place in our hearts. Kayla Martell began losing her hair at age 13 due to alopecia,...

Have you heard of Bio Char? These are little briquettes of charcoal that may come to the planet's rescue. Bio-char is one of the most exciting developments in science today. It is an ancient method of enhancing soil fertility and...

The proof of Anderson County’s live-hard, die-young culture is in the bread pudding — and the all-you-can-eat fried catfish, the drive-through tobacco barns and the dozens of doughnut shops that dot this East Texas county of about 57,000. In a...

Most people know Phil Collen as the lead guitarist for Def Leppard. But once his shirt comes off, Collen is known for something else -- an amazing set of abs. These days Collen gets asked about his fitness routine more...

Cities searching for ways to trim the fat and stretch their budget dollars may want to start looking at residents’ waistlines. A new study suggests that trimming high obesity rates in the nation’s most overweight cities could help local governments...

Jack LaLanne was prodding Americans to get off their couches and into the gym decades before it was cool. And he was still pumping iron and pushing fruits and vegetables decades past most Americans' retirement age.The fitness fanatic ate well...

Remember the poll we put up? To find out what you all think we should do with the big piece of exercise equipment we just got (which Sabrina wants OUT OF THE HOUSE!)? Well we have the results of the...

SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO In a super-sized world, it was perhaps inevitable: Boston's Emergency Medical Services this month will begin deploying an ambulance equipped with a hydraulic lift to ease transport of the heaviest patients. The ambulance retrofitting, which cost...

These days the country seems to be at a heightened awareness of healthful eating, particularly among our young people, where obesity rates have reached shocking levels. But for all the hype and talk, getting kids off the pop and chips...

Behold a source of contention in our family room!  My 14-year-old son Willie and I are soon starting the workout program P90X together. And so I told my wife that I wanted a "power tower" for Christmas, that allows for...

Adopting a health-promoting diet and lifestyle is one of the most difficult tasks facing modern human beings. Even people who are health conscious have a difficult time implementing a health-promoting diet, designing and sticking to a regular exercise program, and...

This week, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act-the first major bipartisan bill enacted by a deeply polarized congress since the election. The act will replace junk food in school lunches and vending machines with more healthful options. Several...

Forks Over Knives is a new movie that features some of our favorite people! Let me name a few: Caldwell Esselstyn Jr MD T. Colin Campbell PhD John McDougall MD Pam Popper PhD Neal Barnard MD Matt Lederman MD Alona...

The fatter Americans get, the more businesses stretch to accommodate them; even funeral homes, and casket and mortuary lift retailers. About one-third of U.S. adults are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. About 17...