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Pouring at least one glass of milk each day could not only boost your intake of much-needed key nutrients, but it could also positively impact your brain and mental performance, according to a recent study in the International Dairy Journal.

It is time to leave apart the belief that mass media are always a source of bad habits. Television, newspaper and the Internet, when used to get information, may turn out to be of help for health.

A recent study of obese volunteers participating in a 12-week dietary weight-loss program found that successful weight losers had significantly higher resting nerve activity compared to weight-loss resistant individuals.

Large disparities exist in obesity and other chronic diseases across racial/ethnic groups in the United States.

We are getting fatter - no matter which way we look at it, a Deakin University analysis of two popular obesity testing methods has found.

Anyone who has a close relative with Alzheimer's shares the same worry: Am I next?

Can pregnant women help boost their children's brainpower by eating fish?

A Mediterranean diet with large amounts of vegetables and fish gives a longer life. This is the unanimous result of four studies to be published by the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg.

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