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Can Eating Chocolate Help Keep You Slim?
When it comes to chocolate, you might just be able to have your sweet and eat it, too.
Study: BPA May Be Linked with Heart Disease
Researchers link the ubiquitous chemical, found in plastics and in the lining of food and beverage cans, to an increased risk of heart disease in humans.
Can’t Sleep? It May Be Affecting Your Memory
Sleep is the body’s time to rest and recharge, and it may be important for fending off Alzheimer’s as well.
Why Electric Cars Are More Polluting than Gas Guzzlers — at Least in China
Electric cars are all the rage in China, but they may not be helping to clean up the environment or protect human health from pollution.
Like Father Like Son? Y Chromosome Linked to Heart Disease
Dad may be credited with more than just your facial features. A new study suggests that heart disease risk may be passed from father to son.
Think You’re All That? You Might Be Putting Your Health at Risk
Why a narcissist’s sense of self-love can do damage to the heart, especially for men.
Life Expectancy: Another Way New Yorkers Are Better
New Yorkers aren’t exactly known for their zen, health-promoting lifestyles, but new data show that life expectancy for city residents now surpasses the rest of the U.S. How did that happen?
How Your Pulse Can Predict Your Risk of Death
Your resting heart rate is an easy measure of health and fitness, and a new study suggests that a rising rate over time may signal heart problems.
ADHD Drugs Don’t Pose Heart Risks for Adults
In the second of a series of three government-commissioned studies on the risks of popular drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), researchers report that the medications do not lead to increased …
Why Working the Night Shift May Boost Your Risk of Diabetes
The night shift isn’t usually anyone’s first choice, but in some professions — and in this economy — it can’t be avoided. About 26% percent of the American workforce, including health-care workers and sanitation staff, clocks …
Fit Versus Fat: Which Matters More for Longevity?
Most of us are all too familiar with how much we weigh — but how many of us know how fit we are? And which matters more?