A new study shows that vegetables provide no benefit against cardiovascular disease. While the study is getting a lot of media attention, you might want to resist the temptation to completely give up vegetables. Researchers at Oxford analyzed the diets of almost 400,000 British adults. They found that raw vegetables could benefit the heart, but […]

Your relationship status might affect how easily you fall asleep. In a study published in the journal Sleep Science, Australian researchers surveyed almost 800 adults. They found that people who live with a regular partner tend to fall asleep faster than people who have occasional or casual partners, or those who are single. People who […]

More than half of women over the age of 50 have hair loss. In a study published last week in the journal Menopause, researchers in Thailand measured the hormone levels of almost 200 postmenopausal women. They also analyzed the density of hair in the middle of the scalp, where female pattern hair loss generally begins. […]

For years, nutritionists have warned that eating a lot of potatoes is bad for your health, being linked to weight gain, body fat, and diabetes. A study published last week in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests French fries might not be that bad for us. Researchers conducted a study of over 180 adults […]

Improving your diet could add over a decade to your life, and even more if you start early. In a new study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, researchers from Norway used data from the Global Burden of Disease study, which tracks causes of death, diseases and injuries, and risk factors from patients around the […]

Well over half of women who become pregnant start their pregnancies in poor health, according to a new study published in the journal Circulation. Researchers at Northwestern collected data on pre-pregnancy heart health risk factors for more than 14 million women. They found that roughly three out of five newly pregnant women already had high […]

What you eat has a bigger impact on your health than any drug when it comes to fighting the aging process. In a new study published in the journal Cell Metabolism, researchers found that following a diet with appropriate calories and sufficient macronutrients can slow down aging and metabolic disorders more effectively than popular anti-aging […]

Since cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death across the world, it’s important to take steps to lower our risk. Taking omega-3 fatty acids has long been thought to be part of that prevention strategy. A new study published in JAMA Network Open shows that a particular source of omega-3s, krill oil, might […]

Researchers at Yale have shown that cutting your calories, even a little bit, might improve your health as you get older, and might help you live longer. In a new study published in the journal Science, the researchers followed more than 200 participants for two years. Half of the group cut their daily calorie intake […]

It sounds ridiculous, but new research shows that lifting weights for as little as three seconds a day can have a positive impact on muscle strength. In a study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, researchers had almost 40 college students perform one muscle contraction at maximum effort for three […]