Preventing Prostate Cancer with Green Tea
A third of men in their 30s may already have tiny cancerous tumors in their prostates. How much tea would one have to drink to…
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Does Diet Soda Increase Stroke Risk as Much as Regular Soda?
Sugar is no longer considered just empty calories, but an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. So what happens if you switch to artificial sweeteners?
Chocolate & Stroke Risk
Dark chocolate is pitted against milk chocolate in a test of artery function.
Egg Industry Response to Choline & TMAO
How the egg industry funded a study designed to cover up the toxic trimethylamine oxide reaction to egg consumption.
Plants with Aspirin Aspirations
Should the active ingredient in aspirin be considered an essential vitamin?
Should We All Take Aspirin to Prevent Cancer?
The aspirin compounds naturally found in plant foods may help explain the lower cancer rates among those eating plant-based diets.
Should We All Take Aspirin to Prevent Heart Disease?
The benefits of taking a daily aspirin must be weighed against the risk of internal bleeding.
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Special thanks to our allies at A Voice for Choice for sharing this call to action and for organizing citizen activists to be heard on…
Ginger for Osteoarthritis
A quarter- to a half-teaspoon a day of powdered ginger can be as pain-relieving as ibuprofen, without the risk of damage to the intestinal lining….
What is the Optimal Vitamin C intake?
Experiments showing how much vitamin C our body absorbs and excretes can give us a sense of how many vitamin C rich fruits and vegetables…