The flavanol content of cocoa and chocolate products “can vary tremendously,” but consumers have little or no one way of knowing this from the package labels, a dietary supplement testing…
Author: David Schardt
Seven in 10 Americans believe that coconut oil is a healthy food, but that’s not what the nation’s heart disease experts think. “There’s no basis at all for that,” Frank…
“A woman reaches a higher blood alcohol level than a man after drinking the same amount of alcohol, even if they’re the same height and weight,” says George Koob, director…
There are three steps people can take that might delay or prevent cognitive decline and dementia, a new report from a panel of experts has announced. The evidence is modest…
Researchers have again shown that it’s a crap shoot when it comes to buying red yeast rice supplements. These are supplements that theoretically can lower cholesterol levels just like prescription…
Ken Koehler lay curled up on the floor of his bathroom in late November of 2011, waiting for the diarrhea and stomach pain to finally end. A week earlier, the…
Liver cancer is the fastest-growing cause of cancer deaths in the United States, according to new data from the American Cancer Society. About 41,000 new cases of liver cancer are…
Wouldn’t it be great to have the flexible, healthy arteries of a young person again? Arteries that are resistant to heart attacks, strokes, and dementia? “Maintaining a youthful vascular function…
I’m on the 5:2 diet,” actor Benedict Cumberbatch told the (London) Times. “You have to, for Sherlock.” That’s his hit BBC and PBS series. Cumberbatch, and most other celebrities who…
“If you want to live longer, take good care of your telomeres,” the Washington Post told readers earlier this year. “The answer to long life may not be any magical…