In this study, researchers examined data from more than 11,000 U.S. Census tracts across 38 states to understand if access to healthy foods served as a pathway through which historical redlining leads ...

Skeletal Muscle Health Amid Growing Use of Weight Loss Medication. A recent commentary published in The Lancet journal highlights the critical importance of skeletal ...

Specifically, study participants who averaged between 2.5 and 5 hours per week, the minimum amount recommended by the American Heart Association, showed a 60% lower risk of developing atrial ...

New research has found that a flavanol-rich cocoa drink can protect the body’s vasculature against stress even after eating high-fat food. Food choices made during periods of stress can influence the ...

Increasing ketones in the blood through a keto diet or supplements may help put irregular menstrual cycles back on schedule or even restart a period that appears to have stalled for good, new research ...

Dr. Hu is professor and director of the Chronic Disease Epidemiology Laboratory, and Dr. Shen is assistant professor-research in chronic disease epidemiology at Pennington Biomedical. Dr. Zou is ...

Vitamin D regulates the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body -- minerals essential for bones, teeth and muscle health. In 2009, researchers launched the MAVIDOS study, recruiting over 1000 ...

In addition to lowering your cholesterol, keeping your brain healthy and improving mental health, new research from the University of Georgia suggests omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may help ward off ...

Preventing a First Stroke May Be Possible With Screening, Lifestyle Changes. Healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as good nutrition, smoking cessation and being p ...

Almost 6 in 10 Americans have proinflammatory diets, increasing the risk of health problems, including heart disease and cancer, according to a new study that used a tool designed to examine ...

Beta-glucans, a type of soluble fiber (SF) derived from several plant sources, have been postulated as having many therapeutic health benefits. Used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of ...

Social media, podcasts, and the internet can be a mixed bag of nutrition and health information, and one of the latest questionable claims making the rounds is that seed oils cause everything from ...