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Wine Drinkers Eat Healthier Foods Than Beer Drinkers
By Rita Jenkins · 18 years ago
Drinking wine is believed to provide greater health benefits than drinking beer. The additional benefits may be due in part to an associated healthier diet, researchers theorize.
Wine drinkers eat more olives, fresh fruits and ...
Marital Clashes Can Slow Body's Healing Process
By Rita Jenkins · 18 years ago
Marital arguments can leave a husband and wife feeling emotionally wounded, but that's not all. Scientists have discovered that the stress of a typical 30-minute tiff can prevent physical wounds from healing by at least ...
Feeling Fat (or Thin) May Be a Trick of the Mind
By Rita Jenkins · 18 years ago
Whether you feel fat, thin or something in between has little to do with the reality of the situation, suggests a new study led by the University College London (UCL) and published in the journal ...
Intuitive Eating: An 'Anti-Diet' That Works
By Rita Jenkins · 18 years ago
Stop hating your body, stop counting calories and stop using food for purposes other than to satisfy hunger, and you'll be healthier and slimmer. That, in a nutshell, is the argument in favor of "intuitive ...
Mom's Job Stress May Spread to Kids
By Rita Jenkins · 18 years ago
Low job satisfaction in working mothers increases the stress levels of their children, but allowing them to spend more time in childcare can help overcome these effects, according to new research published in Developmental Psychobiology. ...
One-Third of Cancer Deaths Could Be Avoided
By Rita Jenkins · 18 years ago
Of the seven million worldwide cancer deaths reported in 2001, 35 percent were attributable to nine well-known behavioral and environmental risk factors, according to an analysis published in The Lancet.
Researchers from the Harvard School ...
Aspartame Causes Cancer in Rats
By Rita Jenkins · 18 years ago
Rats given varying doses of aspartame -- the second most widely used artificial sweetener in the world -- experienced a statistically significant increase in the incidence of malignant tumors, lymphomas and leukemias in a study ...