Cooking Food With Treated Tap Water Creates Newly Discovered Class of...
Cooking with chloraminated water could put potentially harmful toxins in your food, according to a new study published in Water Research. The study reveals...
14 Supplements You Should Never Take (Part 1)
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
I’m a big proponent of nutritional supplements. And though the majority of supplement manufacturers are responsible and ethical, and their claims are, by...
Early Contact with Dogs Linked to Lower Risk of Asthma
A team of Swedish scientists have used national register information in more than one million Swedish children to study the association of early life...
Saffron Compound May Inhibit Pancreatic Cancer Cell Growth
For several years now, researchers in the University of Kansas Medical Center's Department of Cancer Biology have been examining the effects of crocetin on...
One in Three Americans Get Too Little Vitamin E to Prevent...
A recent study suggests that obese people with metabolic syndrome face an unexpected quandary when it comes to vitamin E – they need more than...
Study Says Eating Mediterranean Foods May Prevent Brain Shrinkage, Prolong Brain...
Following a Mediterranean-like diet is associated with losing fewer brain cells due to aging, according to a study published in the October 21, 2015,...
Popular OTC Cold and Flu Medicine Doesn’t Work, Scientists Call on...
The market for over-the-counter cold medicines is worth $8 billion annually, with a hefty portion spent on drugs marketed as decongestants. But according to...
Apple Compound Helps Maintain Muscle Mass and Strength in Aging Humans
Approximately 1 out of 3 adults age 50 and older suffer from sarcopenia, a progressive loss of muscle mass and strength, which can affect a...
Calcium Guidelines Challenged by Meta-Analyses
Only two good randomized controlled trials have examined dietary calcium's effects on fracture risk, and they were too small to produce statistically significant results,...
Does Fungus Cause Alzheimer’s Disease?
Traces of fungus have been discovered in the brains of Alzheimer's sufferers, raising the question: might the disease be caused by an infectious microbe?
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