If you have an outdoor view, you're getting the benefit of Mother Nature.

'Broken heart syndrome' is typically linked to stress or grief, but it may be caused by happy events or even cancer.

Researchers are studying brown fat's calorie-burning power and how it might help ward off obesity and diabetes.

What is Lyme disease? Here's where you are more likely to get it and the symptoms to look for if you're concerned.

Proper exercise may lengthen telomeres, which are linked to longevity.

Fall allergies always seem to pack a wallop. Here's how you can find relief.

Vitamin D is the only vitamin humans can acquire without food. Researchers are learning more about its vital benefits.

From your blood pressure to your vision, here's how barometric pressure might affect you.

If you suffer from specific conditions, you might want to look at changing the position you fall asleep in.

Hearing aids and cataract surgery can slow mental decline, say new studies.

Taking fish antibiotics instead of human drugs is a creative solution when money is tight, but it could lead to dangerous consequences.

These small resolutions can make for a great start to the new year.

A San Francisco eatery keeps a lending library of cookbooks.

Websites point restaurant goers to local eateries that support sustainable seafood.

Dream Green Organics offers luxurious organic cotton table and bed linens -- handsewn in California -- at won't-break-your-bank prices.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

Cathy Erway’s personal tale of not eating out in New York City is inspiring and optimistic.

More and more independent restaurants are going hyper local by growing their own.

Nero's Grill at Caesars is changing the gambling town's image by sourcing sustainably.

Eight of Esquire's top 20 new restaurants of 2010 emphasize local and sustainable foods.

7 compostable dinnerware options so you can entertain responsibly.

Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch iPhone app has added Project FishMap. Now you can add green restaurants to a shared map to earn badges.

One company’s answer to the waste of plastic tasting spoons is simple but effective.

The table might be going away, but the family dinner can’t be disappear with it.

Traveling in the states this summer? You’ll want to follow this Facebook page to help you find farm-to-table restaurants all over the country.

Tired of quizzing your waiter about where your seafood comes from? Here's a website and other tools that can help with your restaurant research before you go.

Our food blogger and her family find plenty of sustainable choices to munch on high above the New York City streets.

Taking a cue from the LEED certified building it’s housed in, Table 31 sources sustainably and creates dishes that contributes to Philadelphia being a dining

McDonald's adopts the Marine Stewardship Council’s blue ecolabel for its Filet-O-Fish. Will high demand for the sandwich create an overfishing problem?

This book with blessings from many cultures and religions will make practicing gratitude for food, family and friends a renewed experience.

WikiPearl is an edible shell that wraps around food and complements the flavor. It’s meant to take the place of throwaway packaging, but it poses a challenge.

Please the crowd at the pool, the park or in your backyard with our healthy, farmers market-focused recipes.

We treat it like it's as 'routine as poutine,' but 'misteaks' will come back and bite us in the rump roast.

A recent study by the World Watch Institute reports explosive sales growth in compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. This is great news for the climate with a p

There's no way around it: highly efficient, long-lasting compact florescent lamps are a green godsend but with one small (well, not so small) hitch … each bul

With today's technology, myths get spread quickly, so let's debunk a few green ones.

ArmorLites are CFL bulbs with a special 'skin' that prevents mercury exposure if the bulb is broken. But is mercury exposure even something to worry about?

Morieka Johnson helps you choose what to get at the grocery and the sushi bar. Plus: 10 fish to avoid.

While "Million Dollar Baby" earned critical acclaim and a Best Actress Oscar for Hilary Swank, it also took a toll on her health.

Mercury does not cause autism, another study now concludes. The levels of mercury in the urine of children with autism were no higher than urine mercury levels

In a landmark decision, Europe restricts a popular pesticide linked to declining honeybee populations.

Yet one more scandal rocks the Chinese people as ongoing food regulation issues continue to haunt them.

Unanimous decision rules in favor of Monsanto regarding the replanting of seeds from genetically modified soybeans.

Experts say it is one of the largest documented bee deaths in the Western U.S.

The simplest and best way to get rid of poison ivy is 'very carefully.'

A bee memorial service is being held this Sunday to remember the 50,000 pollinators killed by pesticides at an Oregon Target store.

Environmental groups celebrate the bee strategy announcement — but only briefly before turning their focus to specifics and timing.

Europe's moratorium on neonicotinoid pesticides is being challenged by Bayer CropScience. Bee advocates, however, are fighting back.

A tarantula's toxic brew could serve as an insecticide against agricultural pests that consume the venom orally.

Meanwhile, a new Bayer-funded study disputes that its pesticide is killing bees.