Southern Asia, western Europe and southern Australia are among the areas at most risk.

Researchers present results of the ORIGIN study evaluating 12,500 patients in 40 countries.

The Food Network host known for her outrageously caloric concoctions talks about how she's losing weight and why exercise isn't as 'addictive' as she'd been to

A joint scientific statement reveals that the use of sugar-free products doesn't necessarily guarantee a smaller waistline.

Could Alzheimer's really just be another form of diabetes, caused by eating too much junk food?

A new book, 'The 8-Hour Diet,' has science and sensibility behind it.

Government officials in Dubai give new meaning to the phrase worth your weight in gold.

This traditional beverage has many health benefits, including a possible blood sugar lowering effect.

New research supports the hypothesis that parasites could have a role in preventing certain diseases.

Children can feed Jerry the Bear, regulate his insulin, prick his fingers and even play games via the large screen on his chest.

Dietitians weigh in on counting net carbs: A useful dieting tool or just another food fad?

Researchers in Sweden found that children who skipped breakfast regularly had a significant increase in symptoms of metabolic syndrome as adults.

The Fountain of Youth in pill form? 'Miracle' drug that could make us all centenarians is set to begin human trials.

Would you live in Facebookville? The company's $120 million housing community might just bring the old “company town” concept back into fashion.

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

This gratitude project is simple, quick, creative and you probably have everything you need to participate in your pocket already.

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.

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

More than half of moms and one-third of dads surveyed admit to sharing — and oversharing — info about their kids on the Internet.

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

This will create the world's largest virtual graveyard.

This new drink makes all your coffee and wine meme dreams come true.

Bill Clinton is behind a home weatherization variation of the cash for clunkers program that he hopes will give the sagging economy -- and the environment -- a

Cash for Caulkers. The legislation commonly known as Cash for Caulkers is a proposal set forth by the Obama Administration with two simple goals.

New federal legislation called "cash for caulkers," would offer financial incentives of up to $8,000 for energy efficient home improvements.

Chanie Kirschner's house looks like one of those plastic-wrapped gifts. (Well, on the inside windows, anyway.)

Adding volunteer work or a spiritual journey to your travel calendar can improve your mental health and add meaning to your trip.

People are using low-power FM radio stations (LPFMs) to inform, educate and spark change in their communities.

Never doubt the power of the humble frog. These miracles of nature might just help us sail through flu season.

A small clinical trial suggests that suramin can reverse some autism symptoms with one dose, based on the theory of cell danger response.

The secret to a longer, healthy life might have been living in our guts this whole time.

Cancer patients given psilocybin experienced reduced depression and existential distress, even at the end of life.

Human trials are set to begin on the treatment, which cured 100 percent of mice during animal trials.

Using a single-pixel camera, a patterned light source and some computer processing, researchers have demonstrated a cheap way to do X-rays with "ghost images."

It may be subliminal, but you transmit your fear to your dentist.

MARS spectral X-ray scanning technology will bring unprecedented detail and versatility to doctors seeking a window into the human body.

Developed at the University of Helsinki, PrimeBEE allows immunological signals to be passed from a queen bee to her offspring.

If you have trouble performing these tests, your life could be cut short.

Breakthrough vaccine technique makes you immune to all forms of the flu virus.

California considers labeling acetaminophen a carcinogen.

Coal country Sen. Robert Byrd is crowing about $4 billion he steered towards the false hype that is "clean coal" in the Senate version of the economic stimulus

The EPA announced a plan to tighten up rules governing the environmentally destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining.

Seagulls followed the Tiber to Rome decades ago. In recent years, however, they've become more numerous and more aggressive.

A new report from the Health Effects Institute says are breathing air that's considered unsafe by the World Health Organization.

Spread across nearly 70 action-packed acres, Tulsa's newest public green space champions sustainability, accessibility and inclusion.

A concept unveiled at a UN roundtable outlines a fully autonomous floating city.

The palatial Beaux-Arts beauty completed in 1915 is named the oldest LEED Platinum building.

Sustainable agricultural practices add essential carbon to soil's organic matter, which could be key to reviving soil quality.

Global survival game places you in a biodiverse world that rises or falls based on how you protect or abuse its resources.