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Wal-Mart is expected to announce that it will reformulate thousands of products to make them healthier and push its suppliers to do the same.

Federal health regulators are limiting a key ingredient found in Vicodin, Percocet and other prescription painkillers that have been linked to ...

Taking short breaks from sitting, even for only one minute, might whittle your waistline and improve your heart health, according to a new study.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are recommending changing for the first time in nearly 50 years the amount of fluoride allowed in drinking water because of an increase in fluorosis -- a condition that causes spotting and streaking on children's teeth.

Whether it's a squeeze of the hand, a big bear hug, a kneading massage, even a bedroom romp, touch is shaping up to be the ultimate mind-body medicine.

As a general rule, men take lousy care of their health. They shrug off injuries. They hate going to the doctor for anything. They pay little ...

In existence for about three years, the electronic cigarette is a revolutionary device developed to allow smokers to continue smoking or help them quit smoking, but with either none or vastly reduced health concerns. According to many electronic cigarette distributers, the electronic cigarette has a very high successful rate for quitting smoking altogether.

The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 is intended to provide more healthful school meals to a great number of students.With his wife by his side, President Obama on Monday signed the child nutrition bill, strongly pushed by the first lady, who has made nutrition part of her campaign to help the young get healthy.

Life expectancy in the United States fell in 2008, the first full year of a grueling recession that saw mixed effects, both good and bad, on the nation’s health, according to new government data.

Cigarette smoke causes immediate damage to the lungs and to DNA, and President Barack Obama's administration will make stop-smoking efforts a priority, federal health officials said on Thursday.