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Boron May Reduce Lung Cancer Risk in Women
Tiny, trace amounts of the mineral boron can help prevent lung cancer according to a new study...more
6/25/08

With Teens, "Diet" May Lead to Obesity
Parents who feel their teen is overweight can do more harm than good by suggesting a diet, a new study has found...more
6/19/08

"Bulking Up" and Heart Disease
A study of NFL linemen has found they tend to high blood pressure, high levels of bad cholesterol and lipids, and high body weight...more
6/10/08

Treating Heart Risk in the Obese -- Pills Are Not Enough
Overweight people with hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol may think that the medication they take will protect them from heart disease...more
6/3/08

The Anti-Jet Lag Diet
This diet will help you avoid the exhaustion and dislocation traveling across time zones...more
5/30/08

100% Natural -- Hype?
Do you know the difference between "100 percent natural" and "organic" and "free range?" You should...more
5/23/08

"Appetite" Hormone Discovered
Scientists have discovered the hormone that gives food its appeal even when we aren't hungry...more
5/21/08

You Are What Your Mom Ate
The declining male birthrate may be related to women's diets just before conception...more
5/12/08

Healthy-Size You
Reducing your intake of fast food can reverse the liver damage caused by a high fat diet...more
5/9/08

Using Breakfast to Stabilize Blood Sugar
What you eat for breakfast can reduce the insulin rollercoaster and your risk for heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes and heart failure...more
5/6/08

Making Counting Calories Count
A new NYC regulation requires restaurants to put the calorie count of foods on their menus and menu boards...more
4/30/08

School Lunch to the Rescue
A new study has found that when schools establish guidelines and rewards for healthy eating, obesity rates by half...more
4/23/08

Normal Weight Obesity
Normal weight people who have a high percentage of body fat for their weight face the same health issues that obviously obese people do...more
4/11/08

Green Tea Improves Effectiveness of Antibiotics
Drinking green tea can make antibiotics up to three times more effective, even against drug-resistant strains of bacteria...more
4/10/08

Should We Take Multivitamins?
A multivitamin in addition to eating nutrient-rich foods may leave men at risk for prostate or colorectal cancer...more
3/10/08

Low Fat Diet Helps Lower Blood Pressure
Women following a diet with plenty of low-fat dairy products are at lower risk for high blood pressure...more
3/6/08

Zinc, An Economical and Effective Treatment for a Major Health Problem
Zinc helps end diarrhea in children, a finding that may make it a simple answer to an international health problem...more
2/27/08

Getting Our Children off the Road to Heart Disease
Good eating and exercise habits need to begin early...more
2/25/08

No-Cal Weight Gain
Saccharin may actually make it harder to lose weight and leave you vulnerable to metabolic syndrome...more
2/15/08

Folate Deficiency Triples Dementia Risk
People who are deficient in folate are 3.5 times more likely to develop dementia...more
2/12/08

Got Gout?
A man's chances of getting gout go up with his fructose-sweetened soda consumption...more
2/9/08

Food Fighters: Should Dieters Enlist Carbs or Protein in the War on Appetite?
The hunger hormone, ghrelin, is providing researchers with a way of measuring whether carbs or protein affect hunger...more
2/4/08

New Research Challenges Idea of Vitamin D Deficiency
A new study has found that Vitamin D deficiency may be a good thing for our ability to fight disease...more
2/1/08

Sweet Drinks, Stealth Calories
Calorie-intake from beverages has nearly doubled in the past 37 years. Any wonder why obesity is up? more
12/18/07

As Fat As It Gets?
Holiday food alert: Obesity rates have leveled off. Or should we say topped off? They are astounding...more

Broccoli's Day in the Sun
Broccoli prevents sunburn. You don't even need to eat it...more
11/27/07

Chewing the Fat (Off)
Chewing gum before a meal can reduce hunger...more
11/12/07

Fasting: Is It a Good Idea?
Fasting reduces the size of fat cells as well as weight...more
9/26/07

Vitamin E: Yes and No
Vitamin E is good for some, but not for all...more
9/18/07

Vitamin C + Fat Consumption = Trouble
Too much fat combined with vitamin C can cause cancer...more
9/10/07

Eat More Fish Oil, Less Vegetable Oil
Fish oil causes less inflammation than vegetable oil...more
8/3//07

Low Cholesterol Associated with Cancer?
Side effects of cholestrol-lowering drugs = increased cancer risk? more
7/23/07

Food Cravings and Weight Control
In general, cravings are for foods high in calories...more
7/23/07

Folic Acid and Vitamin B-12
Folic acid hides vitamin B-12 deficiency? more
7/9/07

Can Omega-3 Prevent Blindness?
Omega-3 may protect against several common types of blindness...more
6/21/07

Eat Too Much Hormones
Synthetic "satiety hormone" may help avoid binge eating...more
6/11/07

Keeping It Off
Is the hopeless cycle of weight loss and gain a myth? more
6/11/07

Red Wine Protects the Prostate
Are flavonoids found in red wine the key to lower prostate cancer risk? more
5/29/07

Can Salt Cause Ulcers?
Exposure to salt makes bacteria stronger and more virulent...more
5/29/07

Digesting Protein -- a Hidden Problem
Digesting protein can be more difficult than usual...more
4/30/07

The Elderly & Vitamin D
Vitamin D is important to overall health...more
4/23/07

First Evidence of Alcohol-Cancer Link
Scientific confirmation of alcohol leading to cancers...more
3/22/07

Zinc Health For Children
Third-world children protected from disease by zinc...more
3/15/07

Belly Fat and Disease
Excess belly fat contributes to increased inflammation? more
3/15/07

Gastric Bypass & Vitamin B1 Deficiency
Weight-loss surgery can lead to dangerous vitamin deficiency...more
3/12/07

Fewer Carbohydrates, More Weight Loss
New study finds Atkins diet = more weight loss over a year...more
3/7/07

Hot Brewed Health
Positive effects of coffee on health...more
1/23/07

Echinacea: Can It Make You Sick?
Echinacea's possible adverse affect on the gastrointestinal tract...more
12/29/06

Huntington's Linked to Cholesterol Levels in Brain?
Cholesterol accumulation indicates Huntington's disease...more
12/5/06

Folic Acid Cuts Heart Disease Risk
Using folic acid as a cheap and simple way of combatting heart disease and strokes... more
11/28/06

Can Diet Can Protect Us Against Cancer?
Dietary weapons to protect ourselves from cancer... more
11/20/06

Take Vitamin D to Slow Breast Cancer?
Early stagers had higher levels of vitamin D...more
10/23/06

Does Breastfeeding Really Make Your Child Smarter?
A new study finds that breastfeeding has little or no effect...more
10/9/06

Prenatal Vitamins and Brain Tumors
Prenal multivitamin may reduce risk of child tumor development...more
9/27/06

Gastric Bypass Surpassed?
Another surgery better than gastric bybass... more
9/27/06

Read Any Good Food Labels Lately?
Poor literacy and math skills affect comprehension of food labels... more
9/27/06

Can a Vitamin Fight MS?
Vitamin B3 fights long-term MS disability?... more
9/22/06

Rapid Weight-Loss and Dementia
A link between weight loss and dementia...more
9/18/06

Vitamin D Fights Pancreatic Cancer
Vitamin D cuts pancreatic cancer risk in half...more
9/12/06

Obesity and Your Baby's Diet
Minimally processed food better for baby...more
9/7/06

Drinking and Running
How much is too much? more
8/1/06

Can a Curry a Day Keep the Oncologist Away?
Not only tasty but really good for you, too...more
8/1/06

Keep on the Sunny Side
Could sunlight help reduce risk of cancer? more
8/1/06

Obesity Surgery: Yes or Maybe Not
The good and bad of surgery to remedy obesity...more
7/31/06

Less is More
Utensil size could affect how much one eats...more
7/26/06

Can Calcium Make Pregnancy Safer?
Increased calcium intake during pregnancy beneficial...more
7/18/06

Drink to Your Health
Watch what you - drink? more
7/7/06

Pomegranate 1, Cancer 0
Pomegranate juice fights prostate cancer? more
7/1/06

Quit Smoking. Get Fat.
Weight gain comes with quitting smoking... more
6/30/06

If You Needed a Reason to Drink Coffee
Coffee fights Type 2 diabetes... more
6/30/06

Super E
Designer vitamin E could kill cancer... more
6/1/06

Sugar Buster
A common food may reduce the risk of diabetes... more
3/30/04

No Fad
Diets that avoid supposedly unhealthy food categories may themselves be unhealthy... more
11/4/02

Kids and Cod
Researchers say that a daily spoonful of cod liver oil can protect children from those nasty ear infections... more
9/25/02

C Mystery Solved?
Researchers find a clue about how Vitamin C and cancer prevention... more
2/12/02

And Baby Makes...
A new study suggests that America's mothers are eating too much during pregnancy... more
3/30/01

Got Dairy?
Researchers find that milk products may help you lose weight... more
6/7/00

As Easy As Pie
Nutritionist claim that cherries are a powerful triple threat in the body's battle against cancer... more
4/3/00

Lactose Intolerant?
New research suggests drinking milk might be the best remedy... more
3/27/00



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