Following 69,622 women in the Nurses' Health Study for 14 years, researchers found those eating the most citrus flavanones had a 19 percent lower risk of clot-related stroke than those eating the least. Total flavonoid intake showed no such association.
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Underage drinking laws reduce future criminal behavior (PR)
Using FBI Uniform Crime Reports data on 15- to 24-year-olds from 1975 to 2006, researchers writing in SAGE Open found teens subject to strict enforcement of underage alcohol possession laws were arrested less often for vandalism and assault as young adults.
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Red grape juice may help fight Alzheimer's disease
Rats given streptozotocin to induce Alzheimer's disease and then 10% red grape juice for 21 days had better memory and learning than untreated rats, an Iranian study reports. The writer notes falsified resveratrol research has cast doubt on that compound.
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Grapefruit Juice and Medicine May Not Mix - FDA
Grapefruit juice and fresh grapefruit can raise how much of certain drugs enters the bloodstream, the FDA says, bringing more adverse events. Affected drugs include some statins, blood pressure medicines, transplant anti-rejection drugs and anti-anxiety drugs; spacing doses may not help.
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Avoid This Food to Help Slow Aging
An editor's note explains advanced glycation end products as Maillard reactions between reducing sugars and amino groups that damage proteins and contribute to aging, and argues starch is not the problem for people with normal glucose handling; added sugars and HFCS are.
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Nopal cactus lowers cholesterol
In a 2003 study, 10 patients with high cholesterol ate prickly pear for six weeks and their livers handled LDL regulation significantly better. The fruit is the richest source of betalains, glycosides reported to lower blood glucose and protect the lining of blood vessels.
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This Forbidden Indulgence Could Actually Spare You a Heart Attack
Dr. Mercola reports the Weston A. Price Foundation has told the FDA its sodium restriction plans threaten health, arguing the case against salt is unproven and citing research linking salt restriction to heart failure and insulin resistance. He favors natural, unrefined salt.
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10 foods help prevent heart disease
A rundown of foods the author credits with protecting the heart, from cayenne pepper, spinach and blueberries to salmon, legumes, walnuts, oats, broccoli, asparagus, flaxseed, sweet potatoes and garlic, with the nutrients said to make each one useful.
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Eating cocoa may reduce your risk of colon cancer
Spanish researchers fed rats a diet containing 12% cocoa and exposed them to a chemical that induces colon cancer. They report that regular cocoa counters the inflammatory effect of digestive oxidative stress and may help slow colon cancer progression.
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Green tea tied to low risk of frailty, disability in the elderly
A Japanese study of 14,000 people aged 65 and over found 13% of those drinking under a cup of green tea a day became functionally disabled, against just over 7% of those drinking five or more cups. The writer warns this is an association, not proof of cause.
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Health Benefits of Lemon Juice in Treating Diseases
A survey of lemon's traditional uses, crediting its vitamin C with building collagen and speeding wound healing, and recommending lemon juice for colds, sore throat, gastric and liver complaints, constipation, nosebleeds and aching joints.
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Diet soft drinks boost risk of deadly vascular events
Tracking 2,564 Northern Manhattan Study participants for a decade, Gardener's team found daily diet soft drink drinkers were 43 percent more likely to suffer a stroke, heart attack or vascular death. Lighter diet drinkers and regular soda drinkers showed no raised risk.
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Processed meat linked to diabetes type 2 - studies
In the Strong Heart Family Study, American Indians with the highest processed meat intake were 63% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes over five years than those with the lowest, while unprocessed red meat showed no link, unlike in earlier Harvard findings.
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Alcohol and your heart: Friend or foe? (PR)
A CAMH meta-analysis of 44 studies covering 957,684 people and 38,627 ischaemic heart disease events found the protective association with alcohol cannot be assumed for all drinkers, even at low intake. Risk curves differed by sex, with higher risk for women.
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Alcohol linked to elevated risk for colon cancer (PR)
Across more than 87,000 women and 47,000 men, with 1,801 colon cancers diagnosed from 1980 on, people with a family history who averaged 30 or more grams of alcohol a day had raised colon cancer risk. No significant link appeared among those without a family history.
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Formulas and Mother's Milk Analyzed in Animal Study
At the USDA-ARS Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Jin-Ran Chen is comparing bone formation in piglets fed soy formula, cow's-milk formula or sow's milk, noting that very little is known about soy formula's short- and long-term effects on bone health.
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Nutrient Data in Time for the New Year
USDA's Agricultural Research Service has released nutrient data sets for retail cuts of beef and pork, letting retailers meet FSIS rules that require nutrition information for 40 popular cuts of meat and poultry. The start date moved from January 1 to March 1 to give retailers more time.
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Caffeine affects estrogen levels, but health outcomes remain unknown
A study of more than 250 women aged 18 to 44 found Asian women consuming 200 mg of caffeine or more a day had higher estrogen levels while white women had slightly lower ones. A rise among black women was not statistically significant, and ovulation appeared unaffected.
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