While all lifestyle factors play a role in overall health, not smoking appears to be the most important thing you can do to prolong your life. In a study of 80,000 women, "If you looked at only smoking, 28% of deaths could have been avoided."

Allergicare relief center tries a new treatment to help patients decrease their allergic symptoms.

That fruit smoothie you grab could have syrup or sugar, adding calories.  Instead, grab fruit.

Dietitians have found new inspiration for heart healthy ways of eating by studying the lifestyles cultures of that border the Mediterranean Seas.  The Mediterranean diet includes whole grains, fruit, vegetables, beans, nuts, olive oil and fish.  Read the story for a great hummus recipe.

Women are compensated up to $10,000 for egg donations.

You know those messy, gunky impressions you get at the dentist's office? Well thanks to new technology that may soon become a thing of the past. Now dentists can scan your teeth digitally.

Two Utah hospitals have a new machine that tests for the dangerous drug-resistant staph bacteria MRSA in only two hours.

More people now will probably have their colon screened because this latest study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health says the quicker, easier, noninvasive technique is just as effective.

First federal guidelines set minimum amount of activity adults need.

Young, female immigrants must now get shot to prevent cervical cancer.