Exercise For Elders: It’s Never Too Late Older Americans need more motivation to exercise regularly, say a series of studies published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Exercise: How Much is Enough? For many people, the question isn’t whether or not exercise is good for health, but how much physical activity it really takes to get health and weight control benefits.

How Good is Garlic? Recent studies have sparked debate over whether or not garlic can help lower cholesterol. While that discussion rages back and forth, another set of findings about garlic's health benefits tends to get overlooked.

Inflammation: A New Link to Disease One of the current "hot topics" in health research is how a certain kind of inflammation might affect our risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and even cancer.

Weight and Type 2 Diabetes Carrying extra body weight and body fat go hand and hand with the development of type 2 diabetes. Managing your weight is the best thing you can do to prevent the development of diabetes.

Serving More, Eating More Several new studies show that the famous phrase "I can’t believe I ate the whole thing" may accurately describe U.S. eating habits. It may also help explain the increase in obesity and weight-related health problems we face today.

Trans Fat Gets More Attention Changes are coming that may help consumers cut back on trans fat. More detailed information on food labels may help us make wiser health choices.

Tax Breaks for Losing Weight? For those who find the cost of losing weight an obstacle on the road to better health, certain weight-loss costs can now be claimed as tax-deductible medical expenses.

Family Mealtime Is More Than Just Sitting at the Table Sitting down as a family at the dinner table appears to play an important role in promoting healthful eating among adolescents.

If You Think Your Work-Out Is Tough Enough, It Probably Is The intensity of physical activity needed to reduce the risk of heart disease depends on individual fitness levels.

Heart Health Should Be The Front Line of Diabetes Care Intensive treatment of cardiovascular risk factors is vital for people with diabetes, according to a series of reports from the American Heart Association.

Lifestyle Choices, Diabetes and Your Heart Lifestyle choices, including eating a healthy diet and regular physical activity, are important for maintaining a healthy heart. For people with diabetes, these lifestyle choices are even more important.

Diabetes and Nutrition Here are some tips to help people recently diagnosed with diabetes, but they hold true for anyone seeking a healthier lifestyle.

A Touch of Diabetes? Sometimes, inside the health-care professions and health-care regulatory agencies, we hear the opinion that type 2 diabetes isn't that big a deal.