Reversing Diabetes with Surgery
When type 2 diabetes is reversed after gastric bypass surgery, is it due to the...
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Although aluminum isn’t necessarily benign, what convinced me that it does not play a role in Alzheimer’s disease?
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Treating Infant Colic by Changing Mom’s Diet
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Sodium Skeptics Try to Shake Up the Salt Debate
What about the studies that show a “u-shaped curve,” where too much sodium is bad,...
How to Counter the Inflammation of Aging
What can we eat to combat “inflamm-aging,” the chronic low-grade inflammation that accompanies the aging...
Treating Acne with Barberries
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When Drugs and Diets Don’t Lower Diabetes Deaths
Why do some drug-based strategies shorten the lives of diabetics and some diet-based strategies fail...
