Health Care

Nestle agreed to sell most of its Jenny Craig diet business to the private equity firm as the world’s largest food group looks to slim down.

The average Americans can expect to pay a premium of $328 monthly for a mid-tier health insurance plan when the Obamacare health exchanges open for enrollment next week.

Employers are relying more on health plans that reward gym rats and penalize couch potatoes.

To fight smoking, health insurance reform allows higher rates for tobacco users. Is that fair?

Studies show people are more motivated to lose weight and live more healthy when the process is social--so why not make wellness a priority at work?

As Weight Watchers Chief Executive David Kirchhoff steps down from the post, the company's 2Q profit drops 16% amid fewer paying members.

It's easier than ever to create a blog. But earning a paycheck from blogging is a complicated, though doable, endeavor. 

It's easier than ever to create a blog. But earning a paycheck from blogging is a complicated, though doable, endeavor. 

Fraudsters find ways to bilk the system or the victims most in need of medical care.

Fraudsters find ways to bilk the system or the victims most in need of medical care.

Despite improvements from a year ago, PepsiCo’s namesake soda still shows high levels of a carcinogen in 10 U.S. states, one watch group said in a report released Wednesday. 

Ever since the human genome was unraveled a decade ago, research in the field of genetics has advanced at a breakneck speed. But does it make financial sense?

America’s obesity epidemic is big business. Who wins and who loses?

Despite strict restrictions on the chemicals that can be used on produce, some fruits and vegetables repeatedly test having a high concentration of pesticides each year. Here are the worst offenders and how to your eating habit more healthy.

Great strides have been made in air pollution, but despite improvements, 1 in 4 Americans live where pollution levels are often dangerous to breathe. Here's a look at the cities with the worst pollution. 

Maintaining health and wellness takes commitment and employers should be playing an active role.

Self diagnosis has become a lot easier with the Internet, but that doesn't mean we are becoming healthier. 

Going to work early Monday morning can be hard, but if you are finding an excuse not to go to work or feel unchallenged, you might be burned out. Here's are the symptoms of workplace burnout and how to combat them.

More and more of us are opting to work for ourselves than someone else – and we’re becoming far less productive in the process.

Ever heard the expression "high IQ, low EQ?" It refers to someone who is intellectually smart, but emotionally dumb. That sums up Jonathan Gruber’s problem