Drinking in moderation not only helps ward off heart disease, but is also beneficial to survivors of heart attacks, a 20-year study of nearly 2,000 men shows.

Doctors more frequently made a diagnosis of obesity when a patient’s weight was higher than their own, and overweight doctors were less likely to believe a patient would follow diet advice.

Each 12-ounce serving of a sugar-sweetened drink sharply raises a man’s relative risk for heart disease, a large epidemiological analysis has found.

A new analysis found that each daily increase of three ounces of red meat was associated with a 16 percent increased risk of cardiovascular death and a 10 percent increased risk of cancer death.

A study of older adults finds that those with higher omega-3 fatty acid levels had larger brain volume and performed better in tests of mental acuity.

A study of 2,564 adults found a link, even when controlling for other variables. But researchers caution against alarm, saying the reason for the link is not clear.

A randomized study of 144 people put on low-calorie diets found that those given a high-carb, protein-rich breakfast with a dessert lost more weight and kept it off.

A study has found that consumption of omega-3 fatty acids from fish is associated with a reduced risk for one kind of colon polyp, but only in women.

When explicitly offered a choice, more customers are likely to choose a smaller portion, researchers find.

A new study testing B vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids for cancer prevention has found no beneficial effect and — at least for women — some possibility of harm.