The lightweight InStride Electronic Stairstepper is billed as the perfect exercise machine for apartment dwellers living in cramped spaces — but could the teeny gizmo really help burn calories?

Parkour and a related activity called freerunning have been glamorized in YouTube videos, but if you’re going to vault over urban walls and benches, beware of safety risks.

Reuters – Global health officials stepped up efforts to prepare for quick vaccination against the H1N1 pandemic virus, saying on Friday it appeared now to be affecting older age groups spared earlier in the pandemic.

Reuters – Celiac disease doesn’t only affect the young, new research from Finland confirms, but can strike a person for the first time in later life.

Walking or biking to work, even part way, is linked with fitness, but very few Americans do it, according to a study of more than 2,000 middle-aged city dwellers.

More active men seem to have a rosier outlook on life, new research from Finland shows.

AP – House Democrats on Tuesday rolled out a far-reaching $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and a responsibility for all Americans, with medical providers, employers and the wealthiest picking up most of the tab.