Nutrition News

What makes breast cancer "advanced"? Simply put, advanced breast cancer has spread beyond the breasts and their lymph nodes.

Women in their 70s can gain more years by following advice they may be giving their grandkids: exercise and eat your fruits and vegetables. "This is one of those findings that sounds like common sense," said study lead author Emily Nicklett, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, in Ann Arbor.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg offered a full-throated defense of his proposed ban on large-size sugary sodas on Friday, calling criticism of the proposal "ridiculous" and saying his city is again leading the way in taking on critical health issues.

At the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, pharmacists are using old-fashioned paper spreadsheets to track their stock of drugs in short supply - a task that takes several hours each day.

Reducing people's options for junk foods helps them to cut back on the amount of calories they take in, but it doesn't reduce their overall calorie load or help them lose weight, according to a U.S. study.

The temperature is rising and summer is fast approaching. Whether we plan on hitting the beach or lounging around by the pool, showing off a hot summer body is on most of our wish-lists. Fitness expert and owner of Burn, Lisa Corsello, is here to provide six simple tips to turn that wish-list into a checklist.

It's the cinemas that the nutrition adviser Susan Jebb worries about most. People do not generally buy cola in supersized buckets, but in the cinema we do, along with vast tubs of popcorn.

A local grocery store is closed after an electrical fire. It happened before noon at the Kroger on Drake Avenue in Huntsville.

Chaodong Wu of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences -- Texas A&M University System -- and a group of researchers tried to answer in a recent study.

Scientists who were the first to fully sequence the tomato genome say their achievement is a critical step toward improving its yield, nutrition, disease resistance, taste and color.

Scientists who were the first to fully sequence the tomato genome say their achievement is a critical step toward improving its yield, nutrition, disease resistance, taste and color.

Free lunches will be distributed to children during the summer. One of the distribution sites is the Hogue Street Gym, Rockmart.

A North Carolina man is suing the state claiming a law requiring a license to dispense diet advice violates his right to free speech.

A The District School Board of Pasco County has announced its free and reduced-price household meal application process for the 2012-2013 school year.

Researchers, including one who helped write the scientific paper justifying national guidelines that promote exercise for all, say the answer may be a qualified yes.

The study, which appears in a recent issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition , is one of a few that focuses on the eating habits of low-income families.

Everyone knows to check any processed food's Nutrtion Labels for facts about the product.

The three most critical debates are about hunger versus safer food, childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes risks, and food misinformation, which includes the question of whether what's printed on the label is or is not what's in the container.

Increased intakes of magnesium in the diet may reduce the risk of cardiovascular mortality by about 50%, suggest new results from Japan.

They claim, in a 'surprising' finding, that too much of the sunshine vitamin may cause almost as much harm as too little.