Study participants on higher doses of statins were 15 percent more likely to develop diabetes than those on lower doses.

Researchers isolate a gene mutation that might give a strong indication on whether or not a person will develop type 2 diabetes.

Researchers find a strong association between elevated blood glucose levels and certain types of cancer.

New study finds link between long hours at manual labor jobs and Type 2 diabetes.

Sure, the tax is bringing in money, but will it really make any difference in people's health?

Babies born via scheduled C-section were more likely to develop asthma and diabetes.

The American Heart Association wants parents to keep the added sugar in children's diets to less than 25 grams a day. Here's why and how to do it.

Parents and teens should be on the lookout for this new privacy setting that affects 13- to 17-year-olds.

A new quiz making waves across Facebook has many users changing their profile photos to pictures of giraffes, all in the name of good fun.

Facebook knows who your romantic partner is, even if you keep that information private, and can even predict if the relationship will last.

Former Facebook exec and sister of Facebook founder shares her tips on unplugging from our digital lives.

Why actually create your own status updates when your computer can do it for you?

Funding for the newest Breakthrough Prize is announced as the awards for life sciences and physics are given at a California ceremony.

World Wildlife Fund, the Red Cross and UNICEF are among the first users of the new "Donate Now" button.

The Obama administration is making Big Block of Cheese Day a reality. Fans of Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing” already know what it’s all about.

Comedians Tripp and Tyler have envisioned a funny — and much more accurate — Facebook movie of their own.

If Google is making users stupid, then social networks like Facebook may be making people seem smart without actually being so.

With a donation of $970 million, the Facebook co-founder has become the country's top philanthropist for 2013.

The boy who eats lunch alone in the school office everyday because no one will sit with him now has more than 1.2 million likes on his Facebook birthday page.

Facebook tops the list of the country's best companies for internships.

Facebook is in talks to buy a drone company that manufactures ultra-lightweight, solar-powered planes.

Feeling down? Happy? Angry? No matter how you're feeling, you can now blame it on your friends' most recent Facebook posts.

The social network's acquisition of the makers of the Oculus Rift headset promises to change the way we experience online media.

General Mills scraps new legal terms that served to waive the rights of Facebook fans and coupon users to sue the company.

Years of futile searching didn't work, but a single Facebook plea connects the two women in less than 24 hours.

Back in 1971, Jane Goodall observed a group of chimps break out in civil war. Now new social network analysis offers an explanation for this violent behavior.

New research finds some surprising reasons that people air all of that drama on Facebook.

Many of the social media network's users were outraged to learn they could've been unwitting participants in the study.

The '99 Days of Freedom' project has launched an experiment promoting happiness by helping users give up the social networking site.

I caved and took the foodie quiz. Good news: I get to keep my job.

Family, friends, and Facebook join in the efforts to remember Kristina Chesterman by making her biggest dreams come true.

A Facebook meme and the resurgence of indie bookstores show that books are still important in our culture.

If there was an 'unlike' button for renovation projects, the 30-year-old social media tycoon would have earned himself more than a few thumbs down.

One Australian is on a mission to have coffee, one-on-one, with each of his 1,088 Facebook friends. The question is, would you want to do that?

The idea grew out of disaster message boards that sprung up on Facebook after Japan's most recent natural disaster.

The number of updates you make a day, how often you use the 'like' button and even your photo album organization can tell your Facebook friends a lot about you.

The Facebook founder has vowed to read a book every other week in 2015.

Have you noticed a plethora of puppies on your Facebook page? This is why people are posting them.

New research shows that just clicking the 'like' button reveals more about us than we realize.

The social media giant has partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help get out the word when kids are in danger.

For many Facebook users, the urge to like a kitten video or snoop on a high-school flame is almost irresistible.

If you see this tagline on your teen's social media pages, here's what's going on.

Many people today get their news via Facebook, but most probably give little thought to how the social media network filters the stories they see.

These cute canines are so popular that they're giving all those Internet-famous cats a run for their kibble.

Pancake was born with a skeletal deformity and has to rely on only her back legs, but it sure hasn't slowed her down.

It's rare, but it's real. Here's how to keep it from happening to you.

Man's Facebook plea goes viral as people from around the globe help stock boy's shelves.

The huge 'magnificent sundew' was unknown to science until a scientist stumbled across its photo on Facebook.

This will create the world's largest virtual graveyard.

A new study reveals the majority of people you consider your friends may not feel the same way about you.