Extra zinc may help improve immune system response for those who are low in this vital nutrient. Don't overdose!
Health professionals have been arguing for decades about how much coffee you should drink. Some say none. Others say coffee boosts longevity.
Dr. Paul Ewald describes how microbes evolve and interact with our immune systems to become more or less virulent.
Many health care providers believe that lowering LDL cholesterol with drugs will prevent heart attacks and prolong life. What about the data?
An enormous study of health care professionals finds that tofu but not most other common soy products protect the heart. Premenopausal women benefit most.
New data suggests that taking fish oil can protect people from heart attacks, heart failure, stroke and premature death without boosting prostate cancer.
Sometimes people fear that statins wreak havoc with cognitive function. A recent Australian study found no evidence of this effect.
Scientists are studying what vitamin K2 can do. It may help build bone and reduce calcification of major arteries, but research is ongoing.
An Israeli study suggests that a daily glass of wine might shrink plaque in the arteries of people with diabetes, answering the question is wine bad or good.
Dietary guidelines have been controversial for decades but one restriction remains: AVOID SATURATED FAT! Now 3 prominent cardiologists challenge that dogma.
You've been told to avoid eggs, cut back on cholesterol and stay away from saturated fat. The Finnish Heart Study Turns that advice upside down.
The new 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans flip-flop on cholesterol but keep saturated fat as a dietary villain. Where's the evidence sat-fat is bad?
EDTA chelation therapy is shown effective in heart patients despite doubts from the cardiology community.
Have you ever heard of lecithin? What about phosphatidylcholine? Could this natural substance be good for your brain as well as your heart?
Foods can lower triglycerides and reduce the risk of more heart blockage.