Increasingly more consumers are swapping sugar for artificial sweeteners in an attempt to eat healthier. Some see it as a way to cut calories, while others want to avoid the side effects of sugar. Unfortunately,...

If you are a diabetic, you know how carefully you need to watch what you eat and how much. Diabetes can cause serious complications such foot damage, kidney damage, and heart attacks, just to name a few. Diabetes...

When Bria Hutson was growing up in East Oakland, California, she had a routine. Every day after school, she and her friends would stop at a corner store and load up on chips, sodas and other junk food....

Developing brains constantly sprout new neuronal connections called synapses as they learn and remember. Important connections—the ones that are repeatedly introduced, such as how to avoid danger—are...

In a study published in Autophagy, researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) shed new light on how Zika virus hijacks our own cellular machinery to break down a protein that is essential for neurological...

More than 18 percent of U.S. adults do not know whether they will have enough to eat from day to day, and the numbers are worse for Hispanics, Blacks, people with obesity, and women, a new report shows. “The...

If you’re in the middle of a juice cleanse or considering beginning one, it’s important to be aware of all stages of the detox, from beginning to end. While it’s obvious you’ll...