Donating Blood to Prevent Cancer?
Prioritizing plant-based sources of iron may be more effective than giving blood at reducing the...
Health and Nutrition Videos
Friday Favorites: Does Coffee Inhibit Iron Absorption? What Are the Effects of Having Too Much Iron?
Coffee and common herbal teas impair iron absorption, which may help explain some of their benefits.
Watch Latest Video
Donating Blood to Prevent Heart Disease?
An extraordinary thing happened when those at high risk for heart disease were randomized to...
Best Foods to Reduce Stroke Risk
What are the protective components of dietary patterns and foods associated with lower risk of...
Is Obesity Infectious?
Given the role our gut bacteria can play in affecting our weight, having family and...
The Effect of Animal Protein on Stress Hormones, Testosterone, and Pregnancy
What happened to women who were randomized to eat more meat and dairy during pregnancy?...
Black Raspberry Supplements Put to the Test
Less than half of herbal supplements tested from a dozen companies were found to be...
How Do We Know That Cholesterol Causes Heart Disease?
What would happen if babies were randomized at birth to a lifetime of low cholesterol...
Should All Children Have Their Cholesterol Checked?
The current generation of American kids may be one of the first generations to be...
BPA on Receipts: Getting Under Our Skin
Using skin lotion or hand sanitizer before touching thermal paper, such as cash register receipts...
What Causes Insulin Resistance?
Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are caused by a drop in insulin sensitivity blamed on...
Evidence-Based Eating
It took more than 7,000 studies and the deaths of countless smokers before the first...
Vitamin D for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Vitamin D supplements were put to the test for Crohn’s disease.
