Salmonella and campylobacter contamination both seem to be on the rise.

The number of people with dementia diseases is growing at an alarming rate worldwide. The number of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease is projected to triple by 2050.

DNA is becoming a second language of sorts because of its most attractive promise: customized, personalized medicine.

The past century has seen great changes in what we call food. Life in the kitchen may be easier thanks to our love of scientific progress, but at what cost?

The chronic misuse and abuse of medicines is a growing global problem. Is there a root cause, and does the problem have a solution?

An infant’s passage through the birth canal is an important process that has a profound long-term effect on the health and well-being of the baby.

Scott Trautman is a first-generation modern-day American farmer who, with his family, has created a thriving farm that is unique in its philosophy.

Hippocrates has been quoted as saying, “Let food be your medicine and your medicine be your food.” So what foods do qualify as health-promoting?

It is not a surprise that many factors contribute to whether a person abuses alcohol or is able to use alcohol responsibly.

Popular images of bovine bliss involve contented cattle browsing in fields of fresh fodder. But such a picturesque ideal is rarely a modern reality.