Nutrition

  1. Health & Medicine

    Pomegranate juice could fight Alzheimer’s

    Drinking pomegranate juice, already linked to a host of positive health effects, may also slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

    By Christen Brownlee
  2. Health & Medicine

    Dairy fats cut colon cancer risk

    High-fat dairy foods appear to confer protection against colon cancer.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Health & Medicine

    Lead in spice mixes caused poisonings

    Contaminated spices, purchased from poorly regulated sources, can explain some cases of lead poisoning that involve several members of a family.

    By Ben Harder
  4. Health & Medicine

    From Famine, Schizophrenia: Starvation gives birth to personality disorder

    Women who go severely hungry during early pregnancy face twice the normal risk of having a child who develops schizophrenia in adulthood.