Dr. Charalambos Vlachopoulos and colleagues, of Athens Medical School in Greece, have found that chocolate consumption led to a significant 7-percent decrease in aortic stiffness. The flexibility of arteries is a key determinant of cardiovascular health. Their work was featured in the American Journal of Hypertension, and can be read about here.
The latest study at Harvard to show the benefits of antioxidants in red wine concludes that the effect was just as dramatic as previous studies that focused on reducing caloric intake.
“We found this chemical that can extend the life span of every organism we give it to,” Sinclair told Reuters in an interview.
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New Scientist magazine reports on a study performed at Great Britain’s University of Kent in Canterbury: Well nourished women, who also believe they are going to live long healthy lives, tend to conceive boys more often than girls. The study findings were published in the journal Biology Letters
Research has shown that those who exercise their brain - with demanding employment, intellectual hobbies, and other mental jumping-jacks have a smaller risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. These brain exercises can help you akes your grey matter with you well into old age!
The study, published in the journal Neurology - and conducted by the National Cancer Institute - concludes that those born in January or February have the highest risk for the disease, while those born in July or August have the lowest.
Surprisingly, being left-handed or ambidextrous seems to increase the risk of brain cancer.
The study […]