Twenty percent of Americans ages 18+ experienced a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder in 2010.

Life expectancy for patients with Parkinson's disease is poorer than some previous studies have suggested, with barely one-third of patients surviving six years with the condition.

Hardly fabulous, the American Diet gets a failing grade from the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).

US Census Bureau Report finds that more Americans are living to 90 and beyond, and by 2050 their ranks could reach almost 9 million.

Nearly a fifth of all Americans ages 12 and up have hearing loss so severe that it may make communication difficult.

A study examining the changes in cancer survival over the past 40 years has revealed that the difference in mortality between the married and never married, particularly between married and never married men, has increased.

Researchers estimate that the number of cancer survivors aged 65 and over will increase by approximately 42% by 2020.

International Diabetes Federation (IDF) reports that 366 million people worldwide now have diabetes, and the disease is responsible for 4.6 million deaths annually,

If the current "obesity epidemic" continues unchecked, 50% of the US adult population will be obese -- with body mass index values of 30 or higher -- by 2030.

Senior Californians residing in rural areas are more often overweight or obese, as compared to their urban and suburban counterparts, putting them at greater risk for heart disease, diabetes and repeated falls.