Nutrition

  1. Health & Medicine

    Boosting Boron Could Be Healthful

    Largely ignored so far, dietary boron may play important roles in preventing diseases such as arthritis and prostate cancer.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Health & Medicine

    Veggies prevent cancer through key protein

    An international team of researchers has identified a protein that helps compounds in some vegetables prevent cancer.

    By Linda Wang
  3. Health & Medicine

    Surveying the Swiss: The eyes have it

    Magnetic resonance imaging can help determine the health of a wheel of cheese.

    By Jessica Gorman
  4. Health & Medicine

    The Good Trans Fat

    One arcane family of fats may be tapped to treat or prevent a host of diseases.

    By Janet Raloff
  5. Health & Medicine

    Calcium supplements for chocolate

    Using soap chemistry, scientists prevented some of chocolate's saturated fat--and calories--from being absorbed.

    By Janet Raloff
  6. Health & Medicine

    Can childhood diets lead to diabetes?

    Prolonged consumption of foods that break down quickly into simple sugars appears to foster obesity and vulnerability to diabetes, an animal study shows.

    By Janet Raloff