Is there a diet-acne connection?
Drs. Jonette Keri and Rajiv Nijhawan from the University of Miami in Florida have reviewed the evidence. Here are the...
Acne treatments
The surest way to know that there is no truly effective treatment for a condition is to count the number...
Does it matter if your tuna is packed in water or oil?
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, in Philadelphia, compared the fatty acid profiles of different commercially available...
Fruit, veggies, and the risk of death from ischemic heart disease
A higher intake of fruits and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of ischemic heart disease (reduced blood supply...
Does losing weight reduce your risk of early death?
Despite the reported benefits, weight loss isn’t always advised for older adults because some studies have associated weight loss with...
Effect of low-risk lifestyle behaviors on the risk of dying
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention examined the relationship between 4 low-risk behaviors and mortality among a...
Benefits of prunes for postmenopausal women
Among nutritional factors, dried plum (prunes; Prunus domestica L.) is most effective for preventing and reversing bone loss. Researchers in...
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Benefits in type 2 diabetes of eating fatty fish
Dietary advice is the basis of treatment of diabetes, but there’s uncertainty about the effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Researchers...
Do fruit and veggies lower colorectal cancer risk?
It’s controversial. Now, researchers at Imperial College, in London, UK, have reviewed the evidence.
Effects of palm oil on cholesterol
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in Frederiksberg, Denmark, compared the effects of a diet rich in palm olein (the...
Balancing the heart benefits vs mercury risks in fish
The benefits of eating fish on heart attack risk is mostly due to the effects of omega-3 fatty acids. But,...
Finally, sanity in the salt wars
For decades, politicians like Mayor Michael Bloomberg of NYC have tried to get Americans to eat less salt. Now Scientific...
Antioxidants and the risk of stroke in women
Eating antioxidant-rich foods may reduce the risk of stroke. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, in Stockholm, Sweden, examined the association between...
Dieting to improve heart function in diabetes
Fat around the heart may be detrimental for cardiac function, especially in patients with metabolic disease such as diabtes. During...
Do diet soft drinks predispose to obesity?
During the American Diabetes Association 71st Scientific Sessions, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio...
New view of the risks of sodium intake on health and disease
After more than 2 decades of warning us about the evils of too much salt in the diet, an international...
CAM Archive: Effect of exercise intensity and belly fat
If you exercise enough, is it possible to selectively lose abdominal fat? No, say researchers at Wake Forest University in...
Hybrid broccoli
The Financial Times reports, “A new hybrid variety richer in chemicals linked to a reduced risk of cancer and cardiovascular...
Portion size is the answer for losing weight
Researchers at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, tested the hypothesis that the mechanism responsible for reduced intake was not...
Mercury exposure and the risk of cardiovascular disease
Exposure to methylmercury from eating fish is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers in the US looked...