Dr. Paul G. Donohue: Can cholesterol become too low?

Dear Dr. Donohue: I am a 78-year-old male and have blood tests and physicals every year. In 2001, my cholesterol was 225 mg/dL (5.8 mmol/L). Every year it was lower, until this year it was 94 (2.4). My LDL was 29 (.75), and my triglycerides 36 (0.4). My weight stays between 138 and 144 pounds. I am 5 feet 6 inches tall. My appetite is good. I am not nor have I ever been on a low-cholesterol diet ...

Easy approach to weight loss just doesn't work, says expert

Exercise and nutrition are the chocolate and peanut butter of good health. They go together like biceps and triceps, barbells and dumbbells, squats and inopportune flatulence ... well, you get the idea.

Does birth control make you fat? Is steel-cut oatmeal really better?

Q:Since my daughter starting using the NuvaRing for birth control a year ago, she's gained 40 pounds. She exercises every day and sticks to a strict diet, but she hasn't lost an ounce! Does birth control prevent women from losing weight? — Anonymous

K-State Professor Using Snack Cake Diet to Counter Popular Health Beliefs

MANHATTAN, Kan., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A monthlong diet of entirely snack cakes and fatty foods may sound like a fantasy, but for one Kansas State University professor it's serious business. In 30 days Mark Haub is attempting to prove some common beliefs about nutrition are untrue. Haub, professor of human nutrition, teaches an obesity-related, energy balance course that sparked his ...

You Docs: Answers about birth control weight gain, the benefits of organic fruit and why you should eat steel-cut oats

The You Docs provide answers about birth control and its effects on weight gain, options to choose from when organic apples are not available, and more.