Whole grains, leafy greens, nuts, and beans. All are linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and all are rich in magnesium. What’s more, people who get more…
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“To improve a memory, consider chocolate,” ran the New York Times headline in October. “A few squares of dark chocolate a day can reduce the risk of death from heart…
“Medical journal: ‘Case closed’ against vitamin pills,” ran the headline in USA Today in 2013. But is it really? Two studies led to the headline. In the first, doctors who…
The good news about diabetes: it’s not inevitable. “Up to 90 percent of type 2 diabetes is preventable by lifestyle modification,” says JoAnn Manson, director of preventive medicine at Brigham…
While soda may boost your diabetes risk, coffee may lower it. When researchers followed 96,000 women and 27,000 men for four years, those who upped their coffee intake by about…
“The data are pretty compelling that we should basically cut out sugar-sweetened beverages,” says Frank Sacks, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health. Sugary drinks—soft…
In the 1970s, a Florida pathologist proposed that premenopausal women have a lower rate of heart disease than men because menstruation keeps their iron stores lower. But the studies conducted…
“People who eat a diet that’s high in fish have a lower risk of heart attacks and strokes in many observational studies,” says JoAnn Manson, chief of preventive medicine at…
Could extra pounds be unhealthy when you’re younger, but healthy when you’re older? Not if the excess weight is fat. “Even in older age groups, people with excess body fat…
When it comes to vitamin D and stroke, “the jury is still out,” says JoAnn Manson, chief of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. “A higher intake…