American Heart Month perfect time to learn about cholesterol

Cholesterol can be helpful and harmful, depending on how much you have in your body and what it’s doing. Given that there are both good and bad types of cholesterol, and that high cholesterol can have different causes in different people, it makes managing cholesterol levels a bit complicated. But with good information, you have the power to do something about your cholesterol.

Alisa Mullins: Diabetes-suffering Paula Deen should go vegan

Paula Deen now has the opportunity to do herself and her fans a great service by following in the footsteps of fellow southerner Bill Clinton and embracing healthy vegan meals.

Could Living In Greensboro Make You Age Too Fast?

The website RealAge.com ranks Greensboro 6th on the list of top cities for aging.

Super Bowl XLVI: A lighter take on classic chicken wings

Classic chicken wings are lightened through flash frying, a technique that means they spend just moments in hot oil. / Matthew Mead/AP The big game on Super Bowl Sunday usually brings with it big eats.

Walnut diet slows tumor growth in mice

(Medical Xpress) -- Mice genetically programmed to develop prostate cancer had smaller, slower growing tumors if they consumed a diet containing walnuts, UC Davis researchers report in the current issue of the British Journal of Nutrition.