A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick ...

Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...

Heart disease is closely linked with obesity. Excess weight mainly accounts for the surge in deaths from cardiovascular ...

Young adults keep dying at higher-than-expected rates, falling prey to drug overdose and poor health, a new study says.

Appalachia has a rich history and gorgeous landscapes, but it has also experienced rates of cancer incidence and death ...

Heart disease remains the number one killer worldwide, outstripping all other causes of death as key risk factors continue to ...

Heart disease continues as America's leading killer, claiming more than 941,000 lives in 2022, according to new statistics released today by the American Heart Association. The death toll represents ...

Mississippi has high rates of preventable deaths from heart disease, hypertension, obesity, and diabetes. The report ...

They are less likely to have type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol They also have a lower risk of ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America and the same is true for Alabama. Nearly 15,000 Alabamians died from heart disease in 2022. An unhealthy diet, obesity, tobacco usage and type 2 ...