New ways of rethinking and redefining health are emerging as various wellness groups seek fresh ways to battle obesity or maintain good health.

While fat acceptance groups in the U.S. want to change the notion that being slim is being healthy and being fat is unhealthy, a Vancouver gym has opened its doors to kids aged 8 to 12 to pump some iron

Medical experts have warned caregivers and family members against using elderspeak to seniors they are caring for as it makes recovery for the sick elderly more difficult.

Dr. Becca Levy, associated professor of epidemiology and psychology at Yale University, explained the problem in a study to be published at the next edition of the American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Overweight men with elevated levels of insulin are at a higher risk of developing prostate cancer than other patients, a new Canadian study says.

Researchers at Montreal-based McGill University, in collaboration with Harvard University, analyzed data from 2,546 American men who were diagnosed with prostate cancer during 24 years of follow-up

A large-scale clinical trial combining two popular lung cancer drugs Tarceva and Avastin has showed no increase in survival rates.

However, the combination treatment kept the disease from progressing for a longer period than Tarceva alone, the study found. Tarceva is marketed by Genentech and Avastin by Roche. Roche Holding AG sells both drugs in Europe

Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill say that dieting before pregnancy was associated with weight gain above the Institute of Medicine recommendations for normal, overweight, and obese women.

Excessive weight gain during pregnancy can increase the risk of gestational diabetes, Caesarean delivery, and large-for-gestational age infants as well as postpartum weight retention, the study found