Consumers who make a practice of reading nutrition information on packaged foods may be happy to hear that the percent daily value for added sugars soon may be listed on labels.

Each year in the U.S., about 395,000 people suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting, and fewer than 6 percent of them survive.

More than half of the nation’s young people are under-hydrated, according to a first-of-its-kind study from Harvard School of Public Health.

If projections made by a UC San Francisco research team are on target, the job market for long-term care workers is about to explode.

Teens who often see people drinking alcohol in movies are more likely to drink themselves, a recent study found.

Fairwinds River’s Edge Retirement Community was honored for having the best food at the St. Charles County Association of REALTORS’ Annual Golf Tournament held on May 6.

Soda and fruit juices are the biggest culprits when it comes to wear and tear on the teeth, a new study suggests.

Being short in stature puts a person at an increased risk for heart disease, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society recently published a study linking diet soda consumption to abdominal obesity among older adults. Study results are significant because excess belly fat has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease and metabolic syndrome – a combination of risk factors that may result in high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

Consumer Reports recently studied pesticide residues on 48 types of produce from 14 countries in order to develop guidelines to aid the public in reducing exposure to potentially harmful chemicals.