About one third of adults in the United States have high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. And although research has been done analyzing the differences in prevalence among racial/ethnic populations, less is known about variations between states.

It s common knowledge that obesity has become an important part of American health care costs, as well as impairing the quality of life for up to a third of the population. And experts have been concerned that obesity rates have increased all age groups in the last few decades. Both energy intake and expenditure are key aspects of body weight changes.

Sometimes you don t know whether to laugh or cry. From thinking aliens landed at Roswell to believing President Obama is the anti-Christ, Americans believe in some pretty weird conspiracy theories, a new poll from Public Policy Polling has found.

A report from the CDC last week that lead poisoning affects 1 in 38 children ages 1- 5, generated alarming media headlines reporting that more than half a million young children in the US have lead poisoning. But were these headlines that created angst among parents about the health of their children more false alarm than fire?

In 2010, there were 11,000 pedestrians and 3500 bicyclists injured by motor vehicles in New York City. Although Mayor Michael Bloomberg may be known for increasing street safety traffic fatality rates have drastically decreased during his term there is still more that needs to be done to decrease collisions in New York.

Earlier this week we reported on a study that found individuals who were offered monetary incentives to lose weight were more likely to ditch the excess pounds than those spurred on solely by motivation or education.

Newlyweds may be gaining more than wedded bliss when they exchange their vows, according to a new study.

A federal judge today blasted the Food and Drug Administration s refusal to allow emergency contraception to be sold over-the-counter without any limit on age, and gave the agency 30 days to lift its restrictions.
Judge Edward Korman ruled that the government s insistence on age restrictions on the pill requiring a prescription for girls 16 and younger was arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable.

Many assume that vigorous exercise is a more effective means of reducing risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) than is more moderate activity. New research however, suggests that this assumption isn t necessarily true.

In a recent op-ed in the UK's Guardian, a Tom Riddington ostensibly a physician condemns in no uncertain terms the increasing uptake of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) by hundreds of thousands of desperate, addicted UK smokers (soon to be millions in all likelihood). A similar trend in the e-cigarette market has been documented in both Europe and here in the U.S.