Certain health conditions, such as obesity and AFib, and leading an unhealthy lifestyle can increase the functional age of ...

Researchers have developed a method for measuring the heart's “functional age” to help predict complications like heart ...

Finally, though there is increasingly convincing evidence that the total costs of treating people with unhealthy lifestyles over a lifetime is less than the total for healthy people (because ...

The MRI scan revealed how unhealthy lifestyles can dramatically accelerate the heart’s functional age. While among healthy people, the heart’s age was found to be similar to the chronological ...

They contain increasing amounts of sugar, fat and sodium and decreasing amounts of protein and fiber.

Weight loss may hit a stagnation point because of some habits that seem healthy but may actually be doing more harm than good ...

During stressful times, unhealthy food habits often emerge, leading to cravings for sugary and processed foods. However, ...

A shocking new report reveals the most unhealthy fast food items in America, including the top-ranking Five Guys cheeseburger, raising questions about our eating habits. Discover the unhealthy scores ...

This commentary sets the article by Dubois on the ethical justification for charging higher insurance premiums for people with unhealthy lifestyles in the context of US health care reform.