The largest study ever of multivitamin use in older women found the pills did nothing to prevent common cancers or heart disease. The eight-year study in 161,808 postmenopausal women echoes recent disappointing vitamin studies in men. ...more

February 9, 2009

Weight-loss medications are intended to supplement, not replace, healthy lifestyle choices. ...more

July 3, 2008

Bob Denard, a mercenary who staged coups, battled communism and fought for French interests and his own across Africa for more than three decades, has died, his sister said Sunday. He was 78. ...more

October 15, 2007

In the National Sleep Foundation's 2002 Sleep in America Poll, 37 percent of adults reported they snored at least a few nights a week during the previous year, and 27 percent said they snore every night or almost every night. ...more

September 27, 2007