Men and postmenopausal women who have a drink or two a day seem to have stronger bones than either nondrinkers or heavy drinkers according to the first-ever study to look at bone density and intake of different types of alcohol – beer, wine and hard liquor. It appears that drinking alcohol is a good idea [...]
In the largest study of its kind, involving over half a million men and women, older Americans who eat large amounts of red meat like beef, pork and lamb, as well as processed meats like hot dogs, bacon and cold cuts were found to have a greater risk of death from either heart disease or [...]
So what are triglycerides and does it matter if you have high triglyceride levels?
Beyond keeping track of your blood pressure and cholesterol, there’s another number to you need to know – triglycerides.
These fatty particles in your blood are very important to your heart health, but they don’t get all the attention cholesterol does.
Yet about one [...]
Experts at the Cleveland Clinic have successfully treated cancer in dogs, and this could lead to an interesting new strategy on how to fight cancer in people as well.
At the 237th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, Joseph A. Bauer, PhD presented research on just this topic, building on more than 60 years of scientific [...]
Did you know that fat comes in two distinct, if unimaginative, colors – white which offers insulation and stores extra energy, and brown adipose tissue which burns energy to produce heat?
Brown fat (as much as 5% of their body weight) helps keep newborns warm, but no one knew how much adults retain, or how active [...]
If you regularly stay up to catch the late show with the host of your choice, or watch the end of a favorite classic movie, you might be more than a bit drowsy the next day, you might also be putting yourself at risk for some pretty dangerous artery problems.A first ever study, presented at [...]
Why are we attracted to one person over another? Science is working to answer this question with some intriguing new research. It may be that unexpected (and some unseen) factors like biochemical odors and the women’s voices may add to the visual appeal of the face that makes your heart pound and your palms sweat.
Scent [...]
Eating a rich omega-3 diet that includes foods containing essential fatty acids such as salmon and others, seems to reduce the risk of an aggressive form of prostate cancer according to research appearing in the April 2009 issue of Clinical Cancer Research.
This association was most pronounced among men with a genetic predisposition to an aggressive form [...]
Exposure to specific toxins in the environment, also known as PCBs (technically called polychlorinated biphenyls), appears to have an effect on the development of brain cells according to not one or two, but three new studies.
These toxic substances in our world have long been associated with problems in children, but science could never explain precisely [...]
Need another reason to start losing any extra pounds you may be carrying? Here’s one… Obese men, besides the extra weight, also carry a higher risk for painful, potentially dangerous gum problems than normal weight adults according to new research.
You’ve probably heard of the milder, more reversible form of gum disease – gingivitis, where only [...]
