Healthy diet

Low-fat, high-fiber diet may lower calcium absorption You drink milk, buy calcium-fortified orange juice and take a daily vitamin that contains...

Nutrition: Cancer And Lifestyle? Q: I think that cancer must really be an inherited disease. I've eaten healthfully for years, yet I got it....

Ability to Absorb Calcium Varies Greatly Among Women Recent clinical and epidemiological studies suggest that the amount of calcium an individual consumes may have...

New debate set in US over weight-loss herb ephedra To millions of Americans, the herb ephedra is an attractive, over-the-counter option for trying...

National standards urged to make disease screening more fair All newborns in Maine, but not neighboring New Hampshire, are routinely tested for a sometimes fatal metabolic...

Researchers Recommend Cholesterol Treatment For Elderly Older Americans, even those with no apparent heart problems, should make an effort to control their cholesterol, according to researchers in Maryland...

For some cancer patients, healthy food is hard to stomach Women who undergo radiation therapy for gynecological cancers often develop chronic radiation enteritis...

Health Experts Urge Women To Consider Their Calcium Source; Survey Reveals Many Rely On Nutrition Quick Fix With supplement and fortified food sales reaching about $23 billion in 1998, the nation`s leading health experts are concerned that a "quick fix" approach to nutrient needs is costing Americans greatly -- especially where...

Diet lowers homocysteine and heart disease risk A diet that is low in fat and rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of heart disease by 7% to 9% by...

What's Brewing: a Coffee That Could Prevent Cancer Coming to future coffee counters: a fresh-brewed java that boasts bunches of cancer-fighting compounds mixed in with its aroma...