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

Maybe you think nutritionists flip-flop as often as political candidates seem to do. Eggs are bad. No they aren't. Switch to margarine. Go back to butter. Drink eight glasses of water a day. Oh, never mind. ...more

November 1, 2008

Arriving in Pinellas County to prepare for Friday's first presidential debate, Barack Obama stopped at a Clearwater pub to chat up lunchgoers, then held a news conference to announce principles he said must be included in the nation's Wall Street bailout. ...more

September 24, 2008

The blood test millions of men undergo each year to screen for prostate cancer leads to so much unnecessary anxiety, surgery and complications that doctors should stop testing elderly men, a panel of experts said. ...more

August 5, 2008

Everyone with high blood pressure, about 72 million Americans, should own a home monitor and do regular pressure checks, the American Heart Association and other groups urged Thursday in an unprecedented endorsement of a medical device for consumers. ...more

May 23, 2008

Being overweight as a child significantly increases the risk of heart disease in adulthood as early as age 25, according to a large new study that provides the most powerful evidence yet that the obesity epidemic is spawning a generation prone to serious adult health problems. ...more

December 6, 2007

Being 25 pounds overweight doesn't appear to raise your risk of dying from cancer or heart disease, says a new government study that seems to vindicate Grandma's claim that a few extra pounds won't kill you. ...more

November 7, 2007