Turn on the TV and there’s an ad promoting it, or a different ad promoting its absence. In a grocery store, choose your Raisin Bran with – or proudly without – it. But what exactly is high-fructose corn syrup?
“It’s corn starch that has been treated to turn it into sugar,” said New York University [...]

We already know we’re sleep deprived. We fall asleep at the wheel and nod off at work, but now it turns out our love lives are taking a hit as well, reports Derek McGinty of CBS station WUSA.
A National Sleep Foundation survey says nearly 25 percent of respondents who live with a partner report [...]

Late night host David Letterman had some funny thoughts on “Early Show”co-anchor Harry Smith’s on-air colonoscopy, saying Tuesday night the screening will be “real breakfast fun.”
He finished his mention of “The Early Show” by showing a “preview” of the procedure with a man and a woman walking down a dark stairwell.
Inside Colonoscopy ScreeningsHarry’s [...]

Colon cancer, according to the American Cancer Society, is the second-leading cause of death in the U.S. from cancer with more than 50,000 deaths each year.
With that in mind, “Early Show” co-anchor Harry Smith decided to have a colonoscopy live on the broadcast Wednesday to raise awareness of this deadly disease.
Inside Colonoscopy Screenings
“CBS [...]

It seems the old cliche may be true.
Men are more likely than women to be interested in sex, have sex and enjoy sex, according to new scientific research, which also found people who stay active and healthy enjoy longer sex lives.
Research by University of Chicago academics published online Wednesday in the British Medical Journal found [...]

A chef and his wife, whose breast milk has been used to make cheese, are beating back criticism that the human dairy product is unsafe.
“I eat healthier than your average cow and I’m not pumped full of steroids!” Lori Mason, who co-owns Klee Brasserie in New York with her chef husband, Daniel Angerer, told [...]

The leader of an assisted suicide group charged with helping a 58-year-old Georgia man with cancer kill himself says he’s looking forward to a trial that he hopes will validate the group’s work.
Jerry Dincin says Tuesday that the Final Exit Network is “glad it’s moving along” and that they have been preparing for the [...]

“Early Show” co-anchor Harry Smith made history Wednesday with the first on-air live colonoscopy.
Harry Smith’s On-Air Colonoscopy
But how is a colonoscopy really done?
Dr. Mark Pochapin, director of The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health — where Smith received the screening — said patients first receive instructions from the doctor to clean out the [...]

Looking in the mirror used to make Yiliam Gonzalez sick to her stomach.
“I would see myself, and my body didn’t match who I was,” said the 28-year-old wedding pianist, who went by William before receiving a sex change under Cuba’s universal health care system.
Gonzalez is living proof of a small but remarkable transformation [...]

Food is at the forefront of many pregnant women’s minds. But what shouldn’t you be eating if you’re expecting?
CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton, a practicing OB-GYN, said on “The Early Show” pregnant women should have a well-rounded nutritious diet. But in that diet, they shouldn’t eat certain foods that may harm the [...]