Enjoy family-friendly events to get or keep you on the path to wellness, walk or run to raise money for cancer, take a climb to benefit rescue personnel, or celebrate the Earth.

Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sigma Gamma Rho and Zeta Phi Beta sororities push to lose weight, live healthier. Who will be the biggest loser?

Those who reported getting the ideal amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity were about 24 percent less likely to develop hypertension.

Now that spring is almost here, there’s no excuse to stay indoors when you can get out and get fit.

Doctors are treating blacks nearly as often as whites for high blood pressure, new research shows, but blacks are still less likely to have the condition under control.

This study is one of few to include information about fathers and suggests that dad’s weight also has significant influence on child development.

A few weeks ago, a colleague of mine lost her mother to cancer. It was unexpected, aggressive and sent the […]

He made a career telling others about the goodness and mercy of God, but behind the scene, gospel artist Richard Smallwood was hurting.

There is no such thing as a safe level of smoking. Even low-intensity smokers are at increased risk of earlier death.

Despite recent reports, dentists say there is good reason to clean between your teeth.