Tina Peng

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In some cases, it might be better for your health to reach for the Doritos.

With economic pressures mounting, more adult children are moving back home, putting a crimp in mom and dad's second honeymoon.

Hot apple cider and spiked hot chocolate might hit the spot this time of year, but watch out for skyrocketing calorie counts.

After meeting for years on anonymous and secret Web sites, pro-anorexia groups are now moving to more public forums like Facebook.

The appetizers at your holiday party might be gone in a flash, but what you dipped into them won't soon disappear from your waistline.

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Some types of soup contain half a day's recommended calories and sodium in one serving. Here's how to avoid those that are the least healthy.

Back away from the chocolate and caffeine; there are healthier ways to get your afternoon pick-me-up.

From computer games to iPhones, there are cool new tech applications you can use to get in shape.

A Harvard health policy expert on why Eli Lilly's pledge to reveal the payments it makes to doctors is only the first of many needed changes in the way pharmaceutical companies interact with the medical profession.

Smaller plates and savvier calorie counting: how to avoid consuming more than you mean to.

A slew of recent books and studies have touted the benefits of vitamin D and the perils of not getting enough vitamin D; some even encourage lying in the sun and taking vitamin supplements in order to prevent depression.

We know that being overweight isn't good for our health, but carrying extra weight costs more, too.

Mental health problems among Asian-Americans are often stigmatized and untreated. But doctors are finding ways to help.

If water gets caught in your ear after a swim, jumping up and down will help get it out, but only if you've tilted your head and pulled on the ear so that the canal is at an angle for water to run out, says Ted Epperly, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians. "Hopping up and down only increases the gravitational force by which that will come out," Epperly says.

Some workplaces offer employees $10 for every month they're able to kick their smoking habits; others give people lottery tickets every day they don't take a drag.

The most common medical mistakes and what you can do to avoid them.

Answer: FictionThough many believe it's best to be slightly tanned before going on vacation, doing so will hardly save your skin, according to Sarah Stein, a professor of dermatology at the University of Chicago Medical Center. "Really, we want to protect ourselves from [both] tanning and burning," she says.

What physicians can do when stars like Tiger ignore advice.

'Tis the season to kick back with a frosty summer cocktail, but the calorie counts are anything but relaxing.

Fitness club managers dish about their members' most obnoxious habits.

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai are racing to develop experimental treatments, and even vaccines, for fast-growing malignant brain tumors like the one Sen. Edward Kennedy has been diagnosed with.

Evian dreamed up a creative way to sell even more of its bottled mineral water: by repackaging and marketing it as a revitalizing spray for your face. A 5 oz.

Teens (and some adults) will try almost anything to quell an outbreak of acne, but many traditional home remedies may do more harm than good.

A representative claims the sores on the troubled singer's face are the result of a surprisingly common skin infection.

The seven most unhealthy choices at a Chinese restaurant

Are we ready for an era of 'natural-orifice surgery'?

People will try anything to stop that nightly racket. Here are some of the most outlandish new suggestions for an age-old problem.

Aromatherapy adherents will tell you that basil can clear headaches and lemon can be an antidepressant. The idea that scents can be used medicinally has become so widely accepted that so-called "essential" oils, or highly concentrated plant scents, have found their way into a slew of lotions, candles, sprays and massage products promising to help you sleep, wake you up or relieve your stress.