Healthy Eating and Diet

A large prospective study of 5033 men and women in the Tromsø Study in northern Norway has reported that moderate wine consumption is independently associated with better performance on cognitive tests. The subjects (average age 58 and free of stroke) were followed over 7 years during which they were tested with a range of cognitive function tests. Among women, there was a lower risk of a poor testing score for those who consumed wine at least 4 or more times over two weeks in comparison with those who drink < 1 time during this period The expected associations between other risk factors for poor cognitive functioning were seen, i.e. lower testing scores among people who were older, less educated, smokers, and those with depression, diabetes, or hypertension.

A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what folks need to get through the long winter, according to researchers at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON).

Depression raises stress hormone levels in adolescent boys and girls but may lead to obesity only in girls, according to researchers.

New research from the Monell Center reports that children's response to intense sweet taste is related to both a family history of alcoholism and the child's own self-reports of depression.

Breast cancer patients who exercise and drink tea regularly may be less likely to suffer from depression than other patients, according to a new study.

There may well be another important reason for giving your sweetheart sweets for Valentine's Day besides the traditional romantic one.

When your New Year's resolution to lose weight crumbles as fast as the cookie touching your lips, it's time to admit that diets don't work.

A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and the National Institutes of Health have piloted psychotherapy for the prevention of excessive weight gain in teenage girls deemed at-risk for obesity.

Eating fruit such as pomegranates that contain antiaromatase phytochemicals reduces the incidence of hormone-dependent breast cancer, according to results of a study published in the January issue of Cancer Prevention Research.

Vitamin-fortified foods and dietary health supplements can ease health worries. But what kinds of vitamins are right for you? How much of them should you take, and how often?