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Researchers randomly assigned more than 4,200 women, ages 60 to 80, to eat either a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra virgin olive oil or with nuts, or a low-fat control diet. The others were asked to only reduce the intake of fat in their routine diet.

The National Park Service banned the use of “electronic smoking devices”, including e-cigarettes, in all places where tobacco smoking is prohibited in America’s 408 national parks.

The West Central Georgia Cancer Coalition seeks to partner with local faith-based organizations to educate their congregations and the community on breast cancer, breast health and the importance of early detection while raising awareness about the disease. Events will target...

Palmer disagrees, according to CNN, “I’ve been out of the public eye seeing family and friends”, he said.

Older adults with vitamin D deficiency may experience cognitive decline and impaired performance faster than those with adequate vitamin D levels, according to a recent study. A new study has found a link between vitamin D deficiency and an accelerated decline in loss of memory...

The Food and Drug Administration has targeted four cigarette products, including Camel and Pall Mall brands, for not meeting regulations, the latest companies to get ensnared in a burgeoning agency dragnet.

CAMPAIGNS have been launched across the country to remind parents that smoking in cars with children is illegal from Thursday, October 1. ALL private vehicles (including hire cars) must be smokefree if they are enclosed, there is more than one person present and one of them is...

As reported by the China Daily based on local media reports, two young men in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, contacted “an illegal agent to sell their kidneys”. The trading of human organs has been banned in China since 2007, and a voluntary donor program has been set up...

Shares of Raptor Pharmaceuticals plunged 35.5 percent in premarket trading today. The company has a market cap of $977 million and there are 81,180,000 shares in outstanding.

Hales made his name as a dynamic ball-striker in white-ball cricket but has been selected to tour the Emirates despite a lean Royal London series against Australia.

Even among healthy younger adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s, he said, there’s still a great need for flu vaccinations. For more information – including flu symptoms, how it spreads, higher risk groups and the upcoming flu season – visit www.cdc.gov/flu and click...

The study authors will continue to follow patients to see if the same aggressive blood pressure treatment also helps lower the risk of dementia and kidney disease.

I know athletes who’re technically underweight that eat carefully and they’ve been diagnosed with Type II diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is often linked to obesity and can lead to changes in the heart, which may increase chances of stroke and heart attack.

Six African countries, including Malawi and Mozambique, have been ranked among the 10 worst places to grow old, according to HelpAge worldwide.

Attackers targeting Rochester, N.Y.-based Excellus BlueCross BlueShield might have swiped information on 10 million current and former members there, including names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses and financial account and claims data.