Washington, DC, USA. This Sunday, an estimated 58 percent of Americans will order pizza for Super Bowl parties around the country. Wisconsin supplies 35 percent of the country's cheese, used in Game Day classics like pizza, cheese dips and nachos.

To help celebrate the cheese fest that accompanies the Super Bowl, the world's largest scientific society, the American Chemical Society (ACS), released a video on the chemistry behind what American literati Clifton Fadiman once described as milk's le

Boston, MA, USA. Dozens of studies, many from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers, have shown that low-fat diets are no better for health than moderate- or high-fat diets — and for many people, may be worse.

To combat this "low fat is best" myth, nutrition experts at HSPH and chefs and registered dietitians at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) have developed five new muffin recipes that incorporate healthy fats and whole grains, and use a lighter hand on the salt and s

Portland, OR, USA. Older women who have lost more than two inches in height face an increased risk of breaking bones and dying, according to a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

The study found that women 65 and older who lost more than two inches over 15 years were 50 percent more likely to both fracture a bone and to die in the subsequent five years, compared to women who lost less than two inches in height.

Washington, DC, USA. Ever since the Affordable Care Act passed, states have worried that the federal government would set a rigid national standard for health benefits. Now it's clear that won't happen.

A linchpin of the 2010 federal health law is the requirement that nearly everyone sign up for a health insurance plan — whether it’s Medicaid, other federally subsidized insurance, or private coverage.

New York, NY, USA. Despite reports that Christopher Columbus brought Treponemal infections (such as syphilis) to the New World, a detailed review says that solid evidence remains absent that the Old World was the origin for the disease.

In fact, the skeletal data bolsters the case that syphilis did not exist in Europe before Columbus set sail on his explorations.