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Can Diet Slow Brain Aging? New Study Says Yes

An 18-month clinical trial finds that a green-Mediterranean diet may help keep the brain younger for longer.

Can Diet Slow Brain Aging? New Study Says Yes

Why BMI Doesn’t Always Predict Health

A Danish study finds that being slightly overweight may not raise mortality risk, while being underweight poses real dangers.

Why BMI Doesn’t Always Predict Health

How Food Signals May Influence the Pace of Aging

Researchers propose that diet sends molecular cues that could bend the biological aging curve, though many compounds remain uncharted.

How Food Signals May Influence the Pace of Aging

Blood Sugar Swings May Signal More Severe Heart Damage

A study in Brazil finds that glucose variability predicts heart attack severity, even in people without diabetes.

Blood Sugar Swings May Signal More Severe Heart Damage

Dietary Changes Show Promise in Slowing Brain Cancer in Mice

A new study finds that brain tumors use sugar differently than healthy brain cells, and restricting certain nutrients improved treatment response in mice.

Dietary Changes Show Promise in Slowing Brain Cancer in Mice

Few Americans With High Blood Pressure Use Salt Substitutes

Despite their benefits, potassium-based salt substitutes remain rarely used and new research suggests awareness may be the biggest barrier.

Few Americans With High Blood Pressure Use Salt Substitutes

Keeping Potassium in the Healthy Range May Protect the Heart

A major trial finds that raising potassium to the high-normal range lowered arrhythmia risk and hospitalizations in heart patients.

Keeping Potassium in the Healthy Range May Protect the Heart

New Research Points to Brown Fat Protein as Potential Obesity Treatment

A mouse study suggests it may be possible to fight obesity by boosting energy burning instead of suppressing appetite.

New Research Points to Brown Fat Protein as Potential Obesity Treatment

Your Morning Coffee May Weaken Donated Blood, Study Finds

A large study shows caffeine can impair stored blood quality and transfusion outcomes, though it may also explain some exercise benefits.

Your Morning Coffee May Weaken Donated Blood, Study Finds

Meal Timing Linked to Health and Longevity in Older Adults

A long-term study finds that later breakfasts and shifting meal schedules may signal health risks and shorter lifespan.

Meal Timing Linked to Health and Longevity in Older Adults

Living Far From Grocery Stores Linked to Higher Stroke and Death Risk

A Tulane study finds that patients in food deserts face more than double the stroke risk, showing how access to healthy food can shape survival.

Living Far From Grocery Stores Linked to Higher Stroke and Death Risk

Study Links Certain Ultraprocessed Diets to Hormone Changes in Men

New research finds young men gained fat mass and showed hormone shifts on an ultraprocessed diet, even when calories and nutrients were matched.

Study Links Certain Ultraprocessed Diets to Hormone Changes in Men

Yogurt and Hot Springs: An Unlikely Duo for Gut Health

A small Japanese study finds yogurt boosts gut diversity, while pairing it with hot spring bathing improves digestion.

Yogurt and Hot Springs: An Unlikely Duo for Gut Health

Plant-Based Diets Linked to Lower Risk of Multiple Chronic Diseases

Large European study finds eating more plants may cut the risk of developing cancer and cardiometabolic diseases at the same time.

Plant-Based Diets Linked to Lower Risk of Multiple Chronic Diseases

Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Cut Diabetes Risk

The largest nutrition and lifestyle trial in Europe finds that pairing the Mediterranean diet with weight loss strategies lowers type 2 diabetes risk more than diet alone.

Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Cut Diabetes Risk

How Exercise Intensity Shapes Your Gut Health

A new study finds training load can influence the gut microbiome, with changes tied to both workouts and diet quality.

How Exercise Intensity Shapes Your Gut Health

Mediterranean Diet May Help Offset Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s

A large study finds that people at highest inherited risk of dementia benefit most from a Mediterranean-style eating pattern.

Mediterranean Diet May Help Offset Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s

Study Finds No Link Between Animal Protein and Higher Death Risk

Large U.S. analysis suggests animal protein may even offer modest protection against cancer mortality.

Study Finds No Link Between Animal Protein and Higher Death Risk

Too Much Salt May Inflame the Brain, Raise Blood Pressure

Research in rats points to the brain as a surprising driver of hypertension, a condition that affects millions worldwide.

Too Much Salt May Inflame the Brain, Raise Blood Pressure

What’s on Your Plate Could Cost Years of Healthy Life

Spanish researchers find that shifting to more plant-based foods and cutting waste could reduce diet-related environmental health damage by more than a third.

What’s on Your Plate Could Cost Years of Healthy Life

Forever Chemicals Tied to Higher Diabetes Risk, Study Finds

New research shows how common household exposures may interfere with metabolism and blood sugar regulation, even in everyday amounts.

Forever Chemicals Tied to Higher Diabetes Risk, Study Finds

BMI and Heart Disease Together Raise Breast Cancer Risk

A large study finds that higher BMI is more strongly linked to breast cancer in postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease.

BMI and Heart Disease Together Raise Breast Cancer Risk

Decades Later, Food and Fitness Still Win Against Diabetes

Researchers tracking patients over 22 years found that healthy habits outperformed medication in delaying the onset of diabetes.

Decades Later, Food and Fitness Still Win Against Diabetes

How Childhood Health Shapes Men’s Risk of Disease Later in Life

New research shows that early infections and childhood weight may alter hormones that affect men’s lifelong health.

How Childhood Health Shapes Men’s Risk of Disease Later in Life

How the Brain Burns Sugar May Help Prevent Dementia

Researchers uncover a protective sugar-clearing pathway in neurons that may explain why GLP-1 drugs and dietary restriction show promise for brain health.

How the Brain Burns Sugar May Help Prevent Dementia
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