If you can?t fit in your full exercise routine, squeezing in a mini workout that burns just 100 calories can help counter those holiday cookies and cocktails.

Many women recoil at the thought of baring their arms in sleeveless dresses or blouses, but not Michelle Obama ? half of the fabulously fit new first couple.

Psychologists say our ?self talk? or ?internal dialogue? can make or break a fitness routine. The problem is that many people simply aren?t aware of how destructive their thoughts are.

Insults aside, this is a tale of an unlikely friendship that saved a life. It kept a boss from giving up  on a man he considered not only a business investment, but a personal challenge.

Running a marathon puts severe and sometimes dangerous stress on your body. Why do so many people still want to do it?

Almost half of women surveyed in a national poll said they had failed to seek health care for themselves or their families over the previous year because the cost was too high.

Even if you never touch a salt shaker and steer clear of potato chips and french fries, you are probably eating more salt than you think and much more than is good for you, an investigation from Consumer Reports shows.

Getting too little vitamin D may be an underappreciated heart disease risk factor that's actually easy to fix, studies suggest.

Women who take the epilepsy drug valproate while pregnant may increase their child's risk of autism, a new study shows.