You’d like a salad? Want some fries with that? A new study shows that providing more menu options on a fast-food menu doesn’t mean the average diner chows down fewer calories. Re... Read more
Some of the numbers are staggering: more than 75 Americans dead, thousands evacuated from their homes, millions left without power for days and billions of dollars in damage from “supe... Read more
Kids who experiment with menthol cigarettes are more likely to become habitual smokers than their peers who start out with the regular variety, new research findings suggest. In a study of t... Read more
Eating fish, particularly oily fish, a couple of times a week may help protect you against stroke, but fish oil supplements don’t have the same effect, a new study finds. Researchers a... Read more
In study findings that may not surprise many people, kids and teens ate more calories – including more fat and more sugar – on days when they had a meal from a fast-food or sit-down restaura... Read more
Women who imbibe sugary soft drinks almost every day are 83 percent more likely to have a certain type of stroke than women who rarely drink sodas and other sweetened beverages, according to... Read more
The number of U.S. teenagers who drink and drive dropped by more than half from 1991 to 2011, federal health officials said on October 2. Nine out of 10 high school students age 16 and over... Read more
Despite past research suggesting the sunshine vitamin may help clear bacteria and otherwise boost immune health, Kiwis taking monthly megadoses of vitamin D got just as many colds as those w... Read more
After reviewing information on the habits and fatty-acid blood levels of more than 20,000 male doctors, researchers found mixed results when it came to omega-3 supplements and the men’s like... Read more
And the greater the level of psychological distress, the higher the odds of death from heart disease, the researchers say. “The fact that an increased risk of mortality was evident, even at... Read more
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