Healthy lifestyle choices may dramatically reduce risk of heart attack in men

Following a healthy lifestyle, including maintaining a healthy weight and diet, exercise, not smoking and moderating alcohol intake, could prevent four out of five coronary events in men, according to a new study.

Cytomegalovirus linked to maternal breast milk in very-low-birth-weight infants

The primary source of postnatal infection with cytomagelovirus (CMV, a common virus usually without symptoms) in very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants appeared to be maternal breast milk because no…

Dry-roasted peanuts more likely trigger for allergy

New study of mice finds dry-roasted peanuts are more likely to trigger allergy than raw peanuts, likely because dry roasting produces chemicals that prime the immune system.

A mycotoxin present in many types of food deteriorates neuroregeneration

The research, carried out in the Faculty of Health Sciences of CEU Cardenal Herrera University, in cooperation with the University of Valencia, was published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology.

Nutrition better for children whose parents went to college

Children of college-educated parents eat more vegetables and drink less sugar, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia.

Traditional Asian diet lowered insulin resistance in Asian Americans

Why are Asian Americans at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than Caucasian Americans, and prone to develop the disease at lower body weights?

Vitamin E, selenium supplements unlikely to effect age-related cataracts in men

Taking daily supplements of selenium and/or vitamin E appears to have no significant effect on the development of age-related cataracts in men.

A heart-felt need for dairy food

A daily small serve of dairy food may reduce the risk of heart disease or stroke, even in communities where such foods have not traditionally formed part of the diet.

Rooting out horse-meat fraud in the wake of a recent food scandal

As the United Kingdom forms a new crime unit designed to fight food fraud – in response to an uproar last year over horse meat being passed off as beef – scientists from Germany are reporting a…

Risks of dehydration not just for NHS patients

Acute or chronic dehydration can cause serious short and long term health issues, and health experts say the condition is much more common than we think.

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