Nutrition

A micromort, a unit for comparing and communicating risk to patients, is equivalent to a one-in-a-million chance of dying. Hundreds of millions of ope...

Nutrition

A micromort, a unit for comparing and communicating risk to patients, is equivalent to a one-in-a-million chance of dying. Hundreds of millions of ope...

Nutrition

Hot peppers, soy foods, and pumpkin seeds may help with hair loss. Androgenic or androgenetic alopecia is one of the most common chronic problems seen...

Nutrition

Hot peppers, soy foods, and pumpkin seeds may help with hair loss. Androgenic or androgenetic alopecia is one of the most common chronic problems seen...

Nutrition

What did randomized, controlled human trials find about the ways we may—or may not—benefit from eating onions? Onions are potentially a good source of...

Nutrition

What did randomized, controlled human trials find about the ways we may—or may not—benefit from eating onions? Onions are potentially a good source of...

Nutrition

As many as 37% of breast cancer cases may be attributable to exposure to the bovine leukemia virus. The incidence of breast cancer continues to increa...

Nutrition

Billion-dollar drugs have been pulled from the market for less carcinogenic contamination than is found in a single serving of grilled chicken. In 201...

Nutrition

Exposure to the bovine leukemia virus from meat and dairy (or a blood transfusion from those who eat meat or dairy) is a risk factor for cancer. In 20...

Nutrition

We co-evolved a symbiosis with our good gut bacteria, but we aren’t holding up our end of the bargain. If you look at the classics—the most frequently...

Nutrition

The so-called optimism bias may get in the way of a healthy lifestyle. Yes, media messages about nutrition are often confusing and inconsistent, but m...

Nutrition

What can we do to boost the longevity hormone FGF21? In the year 2000, a new human hormone was discovered. It was the 21st documented fibroblast growt...