Should All Children Have Their Cholesterol Checked?
The current generation of American kids may be one of the first generations to be...
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Foods That Lower Cholesterol
Adding specific nuts, beans, and fruits to our diet can drive LDL cholesterol even lower—often with drug-like effects.
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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.
Vitamin D for Asthma
Vitamin D supplements are put to the test in childhood asthma.
Would Taxing Unhealthy Foods Improve Public Health?
Increasing the cost of cigarettes through tobacco taxes is one of the most effective ways...
The Role of Poultry Viruses in Human Cancers
Does a cancer-causing herpes virus in chickens pose a public health threat?
Treating Prostate Cancer with Green Tea
Green tea is put to the test against precancerous lesions, prostate cancer, and metastatic cancer,...
Preventing Prostate Cancer with Green Tea
One third of men in their 30s may already have tiny, cancerous tumors in their...
Does Diet Soda Increase Stroke Risk as Much as Regular Soda?
Sugar is no longer considered just empty calories, but an independent risk factor for cardiovascular...
Chocolate and Stroke Risk
Dark chocolate is pitted against milk chocolate in a test of artery function.
