If you?re doing some financial belt-tightening at the same time you?re working to whittle your waistline, don?t give up. There are  ways to keep that New Year's resolution.

Can you lose a lot of weight without becoming a ?saggy, baggy elephant?? How well can exercise fight the flab? And is it possible to lose fat only in desired areas but not in others?

New research finds a link between "active transportation" ? biking, walking or taking mass transit ? and less obesity in 17 industrialized countries across Europe, North America and Australia.

You don?t have to spend a lot of money to give the gift of fitness this holiday season.

A brain swelling condition related to low oxygen levels in the air may have caused many of the deaths of people climbing Mount Everest, researchers said on Tuesday.

A Minnesota child was the first flu-related pediatric death of the 2008-9 flu season, the CDC reports. There's still time to get the vaccine: Peak season is yet to come.

The birth rate for teens rose in more than half the states in the country in 2006, with the biggest increases coming in the South and Southwest, new research says.

The FDA has ordered foods and cosmetics to note the color additives carmine and cochineal extract on ingredient lists starting in 2011.

Deep brain stimulation may be more helpful than other treatments for advanced Parkinson's disease, but it's also riskier, a new study shows.