WEDNESDAY, June 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Losing weight is hard, but many weight loss supplements promise to make the journey easy. Unfortunately, there’s little high-quality research to back these claims, a new study shows. Hundreds of weight loss supplements like green tea extract, chitosan, guar gum and conjugated linoleicContinue Reading

FRIDAY, May 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A native South American population that lives a pre-industrial lifestyle may have a slower rate of brain aging than the typical Westerner, a new study finds. The study focused on the Tsimane population, whose roughly 16,000 members dwell in a remote part ofContinue Reading

TUESDAY, May 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you can’t stand broccoli, celery or kale, you may be a supertaster, and it just might protect you from COVID-19. Supertasters are folks who are highly sensitive to bitterness. They’re not only less likely to get COVID-19 than people who aren’t soContinue Reading

TUESDAY, May 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s consistently rated high among diets for all-around health, and a new report finds the DASH diet is all-around good for your heart, too. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) regimen is designed to lower high blood pressure, but this new researchContinue Reading

THURSDAY, May 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For people worried about developing dementia due to their family history, a preliminary study offers some good news: A healthy lifestyle might curb your risk. Researchers found that older adults with healthy habits had a lower risk of developing dementia, versus the lessContinue Reading