Healthy Heart

Cranberry Juice Reduces Artery Stiffness in Heart Patients

Cranberry juice, frequently touted as a weapon against urinary-tract infections, may also be good for your heart

Are You Eating Enough Fruit?

Most of us like fruit-but still dont get enough. Heres how to pick the fiber, potassium, vitamin C, antioxidants and other low-hanging benefits of fruit. With the unveiling of MyPlate choosemyplate.gov, the USDAs replacement for the food pyramid

Four Keys to Reducing Your Risk of SCD (Sudden Cardiac Death)

Score another benefit of living right. In a new analysis of data from the Nurses Health Study

Calcium Supplements Again Linked to Kidney Stones

In more evidence that you can indeed get too much of a good thing-especially in pill form, rather than from food

Fast-Food Calorie Counts Work-If You Use Them

Do calorie counts on menus cause restaurant patrons to eat less? The answer depends on whether customers are paying attention, according to a new lunchtime

Veggies and Fiber Linked to Lower Diverticulitis Risk

Worried about diverticulitis, the painful inflammation of abnormal pouches in your intestines? Eat more like a vegetarian

More Proof Staying Physically Active Keeps Your Aging Brain Sharp

Two new studies add to the evidence that staying physically active helps protect your brain-and fill in some gaps in that research

No Bone or Menopause Benefits from Soy

Women seeking an alternative to hormone-replacement therapy have hoped that soy foods, which contain a plant type of estrogen

Build Your Muscles to Boost Insulin Response

Increasing lean muscle mass-already known to be important to fight frailty with aging (a condition called sarcopenia)-may also help protect against diabetes

Excess Salt Plus Sitting May Be Bad for Your Brain

Sitting in front of the tube munching salty snacks may be bad for your brain-and not just because of the dubious quality