Americans are drinking less alcohol as they get older, and many are switching from beer and hard liquor to wine, a new report says.

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine studied 8,600 white adults in Framingham, MA, over 50 years. The participants, born between 1900 to 1959, joined the study when they were at least 28 years old and answered questions about their lifestyle and health, including their alcohol use for the past few decades

An anticipated rise in health problems among Canadians, caused by climate change, has motivated Health Canada to urge the government to take immediate action.

In a 500-page report released Friday, the health agency forecasts more incidents of heat-related ailments, deaths due to outbreaks of infectious diseases unknown to the medical community, respiratory and cardiovascular disorders

A Health Canada expert panel has recommended a reduction of exposure to fluoride, especially among young Canadians. Cuts on fluoride levels in drinking water, toothpaste and infant formula were among the measures suggested.

While fluoride is known to be a cavity fighter, the chemical has been linked by some public health advocates to lower intelligence, a rare type of bone cancer and mottling of children's teeth

Overweight and obese women need to exercise about an hour a day, five days a week, to lose weight and sustain it, a new study has found.

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and colleagues tracked 201 overweight and obese women over a two-year period. The participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups based on how much and how intensely they exercised and how many calories they burned

Consumption of as much as two fruit juices a day could increase the risk of diabetes in African-American women by almost a third, a new study suggests.

The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, tracked 43,000 participants in the Black Women's Health Study for a decade to find out how drinking patterns affected diabetes risk. Women who had fruit drinks including Kool- Aid, fruit punch, Snapple and juices were 31 percent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who did not