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Science has “connected the dots” between a healthy diet and disease prevention and treatment, and it is high time to realize a person’s chronic illness can’t be managed if they’re hungry — and do more about...

Nearly 4 in 10 people with heart disease had limited or uncertain access to adequate food in 2017-2018, a figure more than double from two decades earlier, a national study says....Read More

An international study has confirmed the link between women who received a COVID-19 vaccination and a longer menstrual cycle, according to research published in the journal BMJ Medicine....Read More

Drinking two to three cups of coffee a day is associated with a longer lifespan and lower risk of heart disease compared with avoiding the brew, a new study suggests....Read More

Pfizer and BioNtech asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday to approve their new Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11....Read More

A federal study published Thursday is urging the 52 million former smokers in the United States to stick to a healthy lifestyle as a way of lowering their risk of dying from all causes....Read More

New research suggests that waist-to-hip ratio, and not body mass index is a better measure of healthy weight — and may better predict early death than BMI....Read More

When people go to bed and how long they sleep may affect their risk of developing dementia and cognitive decline, a new study suggests....Read More

Dieting by cutting protein intake may be as effective as restricting calories for people trying to fight obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure, a small study suggests....Read More

Food security advocates in the United States want an assortment of federal agencies to coordinate a national response that eliminates the root causes of a basic problem that affects the health of millions of people....Read More