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Modern Diet and Oral Health

DNA preserved in calcified bacteria on the teeth of ancient human skeletons has shed light on the health consequences of the evolving diet and behavior from the Stone Age to the modern day.

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High Fiber Halts Cancer Growth in Lab Study

While the rate of prostate cancer occurrence in some Asian cultures is similar to the rate in Western cultures, it appears that prostate cancer tends to not progress in Asian cultures. Why?

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Protein for Postmenopausal Women

Dieting postmenopausal women who want to avoid losing muscle as they lose fat should pay attention to a new University of Illinois study.

 

Adding protein throughout the day not only holds hunger pangs at bay so that dieters lose more weight, it keeps body composition—the amount of fat relative to muscle—in better proportion.

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