On a hot and thirsty summer afternoon, too many folks reach for a sports drink they saw advertised on TV. Big mistake. Those concoctions are filled with sugar and artificial ingredients that can endanger your heart and waistline. Here’s a guide to the healthy way to quench your thirst.

If you’re disturbed by bugs like cockroaches in your house, scientists at Johns Hopkins have come up with what they say are good reasons not to eradicate these scurrying critters. These insects could improve your family’s health in surprising ways.

Women intending to get pregnant need to focus on getting plenty of nutrients even before they conceive. Researchers at Penn State have identified one mineral in particular that some women may be neglecting.

When a baby is first born, his immune system is undeveloped and vulnerable to a host of infections. But research in Denmark shows there’s one food that can help fight off illness and help the baby’s immune system defend against pathogens.

While type 2 diabetes is a distressingly common health risk, 13,000 young people a year develop type 1 diabetes. But a common vitamin may help reduce this risk.

If your child is coughing and suffering a fair amount of pain, doctors often prescribe a drug to suppress the ache and cough. Only problem, say California researchers, is that the drug they dish out can cause life-threatening breathing problems in about 8 percent of the kids who take it.

Had your drinking water tested lately? Research at Columbia University shows that a widespread toxin found in water can hurt memory and intelligence.

Listen up, dads: A study in Norway suggests that certain aspects of a father’s health can influence the chances that his kids are autistic. To reduce your kids’ risk, there’s one area of health to which you better pay particular attention.

Fluoride is a controversial mineral that is supposed to prevent cavities. But scientists at the University of Washington have discovered a vitamin that stalls tooth decay.

You can’t live if you can’t breathe. That’s what makes the asthma epidemic so frightening. If you want to keep breathing freely and minimize or avoid this unnerving attack on the airways, here are natural supplements and lifestyle changes you need to implement today.

A drug that can cause rapid heartbeat (tachycardia), arrhythmia, high blood pressure, anxiety and hyperactivity now is being taken every day by an increasing number of 2-year-olds. The long-term effects? No one knows, but experts are worried.

Every 22 minutes, a child 5 years old or younger goes to the emergency room because of this common accident. Most parents are clueless about the danger.