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The federal government issues guidelines for exercise, emphasizing variety of activities.

(University of Copenhagen) According to trials, a new obesity drug, Tesofensine, which may be launched on the world market in a few years, can produce weight loss twice that of currently approved obesity drugs. The Danish company Neurosearch and a number of researchers at the Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen are behind the promising findings.

A Minnesota man is permanently disabled because of a medical mistake at a Twin Cities hospital when a surgeon operated on the wrong body part. Surgical mistakes like that happened more than 200 times in Minnesota over the last five years.

One out of every 25 children has a food allergy, representing about a 20% increase of food allergy cases between 1997 to 2007, A study published by the National Center for health Statistics division of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports. The study also showed that hospitalizations of children due to food allergy reactions in the U.S. have significantly increased since 1998, with an average of 9,537 hospitalizations a year. These findings are similar to what FAAN and others have been reporting--food allergy in children is increasing. read more

Sydney - Old people with pets live longer and are healthier than those who don't share their home with a dog or a cat. Sadly, research by the Australian National University's Ruth Paslow has exposed this commonly held view as a myth. ...

Sydney - Some are calling sleep the new sex - lives are so frazzled that at the end of the day what many adult Australians long for isn't a cuddle but temporary death. When the working day begins and ends in the dark, the absolute height of luxury ha...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday questioned a CBS affiliate TV station's findings of high formaldehyde levels in agency-issued trailers and said the lifestyles and habits of the flood victims living in the trailers may be to blame.

AP - For the first time, an influential government panel is recommending a vaccination specifically for smokers. The panel decided Wednesday that adult smokers under 65 should get pneumococcal vaccine. The shot ? already recommended for anyone 65 or older ? protects against bacteria that cause pneumonia, meningitis and other illnesses.

AP - The number of serious drug reactions and deaths reported to the government shot up in the first three months of this year to set a new record, a health industry watchdog group said Wednesday.

While you're caught up in watching the stock market ricochet or worrying about the current market value of your home, don't forget the mundane matter of your personal finances.