Nutrition

With funding from the city of Columbus, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the Columbus Next Generation Corporation and a couple nonprofits, the Linden Fresh Food Market now provides free food and pharmacy access to residents who qualify.

Black women who frequently use lye-based hair straightening products long term may be at an increased risk of developing breast cancer, according to researchers at Boston University. We discuss the challenges and urgent need to address racial disparities in breast cancer.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists as “high risk” the traditional Halloween activity of collecting candy handed out door to door.The…

Updated Tuesday at 12:00 p.m.: If buying fresh organic ingredients at the grocery store is breaking the bank, you may have a similar problem as...

The USDA proposed new rules to give school food administrators more flexibility and cut food waste. But critics argue the changes could pave the way for more pizza, burgers and French fries.

Drugmakers hiked prices on hundreds of medications for 2020, according to GoodRx, a website that provides cost comparisons and consumer discounts.Despite…

Activists delivered a petition with 1.5 million signatures to the agency in an effort to stop a rule change that would end automatic enrollment in free school lunch for nearly 1 million kids.

The suit, filed on behalf of six states and the District of Columbia, says the weakened federal nutrition standards for school meals are putting kids at greater risk of health problems linked to diet.

Eating is supposed to feel good, and nothing says feel good like sugar. That’s why so many among us give up sugar for lent, or after the holidays. But…

Hearing aid technology saw great advancements last year.Among the improvements to hearing aids are internal sensors that can track activity and detect if…