Health

Montana's Department of Public Health and Human Services has officially confirmed the state's first cases of seasonal influenza in 2012.

On Saturday Sept. 29, a host of specialists on everything from city planning to nutrition will be in Missoula to for the Summit to Prevent Childhood Obesity.

After suffering through subfreezing temperatures all winter, it might sound silly to complain about hot weather. But just as “it’s too cold” is a common excuse to scrimp on exercise during the winter months, “it’s too hot” is a go-to reason to forgo a workout during the few months that it is actually warm in Montana ...

It’s no secret that a sedentary lifestyle promotes obesity, but a new study by the Milken Institute in California confirms the negative impact of TVs and computers while adding a frightening statistic — for every 10 percent increase a country spends on technology, that country’s obesity rate climbs.

I really try not to complain about the heat — after all, I spend most of the year complaining about the cold — but when it comes to catching some Z’s, the 90-plus-degree days we’ve been having in Missoula are really starting to get to me ...

Some promising new research has surfaced that indicates that tall people are less likely to suffer strokes, psychotic breakdowns or die from heart disease than the shorter of the breed. However, the same research says that these same vertically-endowed humans are doomed at best, to die of cancer.

Earlier this month, we were astonished to learn what countries were the laziest in the world. So, it stands to reason that in order to put the scope of the worldwide condition into perspective it is now necessary to identify the world’s healthiest countries.

A new study found that if you’re craving chocolate around that time of the month, then it’s all in your head, according to a study conducted by Louisiana State University. The students there studied women in different stages of their menstrual cycles and found that the women were no more likely to crave chocolate – or eat more of it -  during the days leading up to their period, than they were

All that fresh mountain air must be a very good thing, because according to a new report from the CDC, Colorado has once again ranked as the thinnest state in the nation.

Many of us enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning — but depending on your job, you may be more likely keep a pot brewing all day long. In a survey of almost 5,000 US workers, Dunkin’ Donuts and CareerBuilder found our professions, age, and even the region in which we live can influence how much java we drink every day.