Contributor: “Dr. J” Dr. J offers his irreverent, slightly irrelevant, but possibly useful opinions on health and fitness. A Florida surgeon and fitness freak with a bl[...]

A new study finds that Americans living in rural areas are more likely to be obese than city dwellers. Published in the National Rural Health Association's Fall 2012 Journal of Rur[...]

  We all know that good health has a lot to do with genes, nutrition, regular exercise and smart decisions like drinking alcohol only in moderation and not smoking. Except for[...]

Baby boomers wired to their iPads and smart phones are giving U.S. health experts some new ideas about ways to cut the soaring costs of medical care in graying America.[...]

    The big medical news of the past week was about common sense restraint, rather than scientific advance. It was, mostly, about when not to use the medical technology a[...]

Obesity may be more expensive than smoking when it comes to health costs.[...]

  In recent years, insurers have tried to cajole consumers into using less-expensive health-care providers by promising lower co-payments and other cost-sharing breaks for mem[...]

Last year Denielle, 32, was excited about giving birth to her first child. Her pregnancy was going smoothly until one month before her due date, her water broke. She went to the ho[...]