Health

Myths and facts about chocolate from a nutrition professor

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, does chocolate appeal to you for its flavor, symbolic meaning of love or potential health benefits? Dr. Judith Rodriguez, a nutrition professor and chair of the Department of Nutrition ...

Overweight & Obesity

The obese can teach us how to lose weight

Why can obese people not just make the extra effort, change their diet and lose weight? New research from University of Copenhagen shows that patients who have been through gastric bypass surgery can teach us important lessons ...

Diabetes

Magnesium cuts diabetes risk

Getting enough magnesium in the diet may reduce the risk of diabetes, especially for those who already show signs of heading that way.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Sharing makes both good and bad experiences more intense

Undergoing an experience with another person—even if we do it in silence, with someone we met just moments ago—seems to intensify that experience, according to new research published in Psychological Science. The research ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Britain launching global superbug fight

Britain is to lead a global effort to combat antibiotic-resistant superbugs that threaten to knock medicine "back into the dark ages," Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday.

Cardiology

Polyphenols could yield small benefit for people with PAD

In a small study, people with artery problems in their legs walked a little longer and farther when they ate dark chocolate – a food rich in polyphenols, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association.

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