Few children who become obese are able to lose and keep off weight with diet and exercise alone.

Between Ceylon and cassia cinnamon, which is better and how do you tell them apart? Here's the scoop.

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

Researchers warn health care providers that obesity is not the only factor that can contribute to Type 2 diabetes.

New German study finds that people taking this type of generic diabetes medication were less likely to develop diabetes.

Recent research finds that grapefruit juice stems weight loss by 18 percent in mice and may be as effective as diabetes drugs.

Tattoo may provide an inexpensive and noninvasive method for testing blood sugar levels, without the finger prick.

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.

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

Smartphones and video-sharing social media sites make uploading and viewing videos easier than ever, driving our obsession with pets.

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

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

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

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

Watch how one man's donation contributed to surgery that enabled 3-year-old Congo native Loic Mbeze to walk.

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.

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.

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

The Internet and social media are changing how we think about privacy. When it comes to regulation, Europe and America have very different approaches.

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.

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

A new toy line that lets babies post their images to the Web raises an interesting question.

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

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

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

Some say that news articles from questionable sites shared on social media swayed the election, so these students took the challenge on.

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

This New Years Eve, I'll be raising my glass of biodynamic champers to the success of energy and money-saving home improvement projects.

As homelessness woes mount in the city, one big-hearted solution is squashed.

Officials anticipate raising big bucks from the sale of lovey-dovey padlocks removed from Paris' bridges.

Mild-mannered European travel guru Rick Steves never fails to surprise.

As a partnership with a nonprofit that provides shelter to homeless families goes to show, Amazon's takeover of downtown Seattle isn't without altruism.

With frigid weather throughout the country, communities offer the homeless respite from the dangerous temperatures.

Learn how Aflac and other companies are using the power of their brands to speak out on major public policy issues and social missions.

Philanthropist Marcus Lemonis is offering work at his Camping World stories and access to an army of volunteers to national parks in need.

Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games and "Fortnite," is using the popularity of his virtual worlds to make a big impact in his home state of North Carolina.

In this episode, Chuck chats with fellow musician Rob Del Bueno from Refuel Biodiesel about how he went from making fuel in his backyard (let's just say the EPA

In this episode, Chuck chats with fellow musician Rob Del Bueno from Refuel Biodiesel about how to make biodiesel. "It's simple to do," Del Bueno says, "but it'

Video: Chuck visits one of the first 24-hour card-swipe biodiesel filling kiosks.

Video: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and the cofounder of MNN, takes a tour of the Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge.

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

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

The bandage uses a thickening agent known as kappa-carrageenan, obtained from seaweed, to create injectable hydrogels.

As the U.S. struggles with an opioid epidemic, efforts like National Prescription Take Back Day are more valuable than ever.

More than 400 people have had problems filling EpiPen prescriptions. Maker Mylan has had "intermittent supply constraints," which may reduce availability.

James Harrison's plasma is used to make treatments for Rhesus disease. He has made 1,173 donations over more than 60 years, but now he has to retire.

On the way to a palliative care facility, cancer patient Ron McCartney had one request: a caramel sundae.