Researchers for the first time have shown that drinking beet juice can increase blood flow to the brain in older adults -- a finding that could hold great potential for combating the progression of dementia. The research findings are available...

Imagine being the parent of a young child who is not acting normally and being told by your doctor that your child has autism, that there is no known cause, and there is no known treatment except, perhaps, some behavioral...

Caldwell Esselstyn Jr MD -- the doctor whose program Bill Clinton has turned to in order to reverse his heart disease -- was recently in Australia and New Zealand where he was invited to make presentations before coronary health...

Report focuses on how tobacco smoke causes disease Exposure to tobacco smoke - even occasional smoking or secondhand smoke - causes immediate damage to your body that can lead to serious illness or death, according to a report released today...

Recent data presented to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Children's Vaccines has revealed some shocking information about the effects of the H1N1 / swine flu vaccine on pregnant women. According to the...

Editor's Note: We previously noted the recent breakthrough that heart disease and Alzheimer's share the same cause -- a fatty, animal-based diet. Now researchers at the Mayo Clinic have discovered the mechanism for how the standard American diet causes...

No matter how many different dietary theories there are out there, pretty much everyone agrees that vegetables are "good for you". But how good they truly are has been debated - there are plenty of observational studies linking vegetable consumption...

Body Fat Increases Risk of Death Overweight adults are more likely to die at any given point in time, compared with their normal-weight friends, according to a new study that looked at 1.46 million white adults in the National Cancer...

You hear it all the time: drink milk to get enough calcium to protect yourself from osteoporsis!  But is it true? Numerous definitive studies provide the answer: No, milk does not protect against osteoporosis -- in fact, it may be...

A dysfunction in the lining of blood vessels that is linked to cardiovascular illness also appears to play a role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in Circulation Research: Journal of the American Heart Association...

Problems with the American Heart Association's "Eat Your Omega-6 Fats" Advisory - Meta-analysis Reveals "Heart Healthy Omega-6 Fat" Ups Risk of Heart Disease "First, an increased linoleic acid content of LDL increases its sensitvity to oxidation, and it is the...

Despite what the late Dr Robert Atkins believed, eating less meat is the way to lose weight, a major study has discovered. Keen meat-eaters were found to gain far more weight than those who had less meat in their diet...

Diabetes or prediabetes predicted for half of Americans by 2020 More than half of all Americans will have diabetes or prediabetes by the year 2020, at a cumulative cost of $3.35 trillion unless something drastically changes with U.S. health trends, according...

The Starch Solution. What is it? According to John McDougall MD, it's the answer to many of the world's health, hunger and environmental problems. It's also the title of a fascinating talk by Dr. McDougall, which we are bringing you...

So you think you need to eat fish to get lots of longchain Omega-3s? Not if you're vegan. Some plant-based eaters think that adding fish oil to your diet will help due to rich Omega-3 fats found in fish. But...

WARNING: Holding a cellphone against your ear may be hazardous to your health. So may stuffing it in a pocket against your body. I'm paraphrasing here. But the legal departments of cellphone manufacturers slip a warning about holding the phone...

ONE in 10 Americans has diabetes, and if present trends continue, one in three will suffer from the disease by the year 2050, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Already this incurable, chronic and often debilitating illness...

Domino's Pizza was hurting early last year. Domestic sales had fallen, and a survey of big pizza chain customers left the company tied for the worst tasting pies.   Then help arrived from an organization called Dairy Management. It teamed...

As a society we are facing epidemics of chronic degenerative diseases including diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune disease, stroke, dementia and cancer. We know that fitness and a good diet keep us healthy and in shape but could further study into...

The first results from the EPIC study provide valuable insights into the influence of food groups and nutrients in gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer , breast cancer and prostate cancer, reports the European Journal of Cancer. The fact that...