A new report says eating cholesterol-lowering foods may do as much as taking a first-generation statin drug.

According to Dr. David J. A. Jenkins of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, the study's lead author, eating four cholesterol-lowering foods can effectively cut cholesterol levels

Bacteria, plants or insect cells could be turned into protein factories for faster vaccine production to fight another flu pandemic, vaccine developers and U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.

Vaccines are considered a key defense should the H5N1 avian flu virus that has spread among birds in Asia, Europe and parts of Africa evolve into a form easily transmitted among people, sparking a pandemic

A review of a vegetarian diet shows it is highly effective for weight loss. Noticeably vegetarian populations tend to be slimmer than meat-eaters, and experience lower rates of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and other life-threatening conditions linked to overweight and obesity.

The review, analyzing data from 87 other studies, shows the weight-loss effect does not rely on exercise or calorie counting, and its individuals lose weight at a rate of approximately 1 pound per week

A surprising trend is growing in the U.K. where women are out-drinking men of the same age.

Professor Moira Plant of Bristol University tells BBC, that based on the numbers, liver disease is now likely to appear at a much earlier age

A new Cornell University study suggests if you want your children to grow up to actively care about the environment, give them plenty of time to play in the "wild" before they're 11 years old.

Environmental psychologist Nancy Wells says, "Although domesticated nature activities -- caring for plants and gardens -- also have a positive relationship to adult environment attitudes, their effects aren't as strong as participating in such wild nature activities as camping, playing in the woods, hiking, walking, fishing and hunting