Drinking Diet Coke everyday increases your risk of dying young, experts have warned. Two or more artificially-sweetened drinks a day ups the risk of stroke by a quarter and heart disease by a third, new findings show. And compared with people who never touch them, the risk of early death is 16 percent higher for… Read More: Drinking Diet Coke ‘increases risk of dying young from stroke… »
Because even small amounts of fetal exposure to alcohol have been associated with a constellation of adverse effects, women who are pregnant are counselled to avoid all consumption of alcohol. Women who are pregnant or planning to conceive are highly motivated and often make fairly significant changes in their health behaviors; however, we have seen… Read More: In Brief: Pregnancy Reduces Risk of Alcohol Use Disorder in… »
(Reuters Health) – Women who eat fried chicken every day may be 13 percent more likely to die prematurely than people who avoid these foods, a U.S. study suggests. Fried fish is only slightly better, with a seven percent greater risk of premature death from all causes associated with one daily serving, the study found.… Read More: Daily plate of fried chicken tied to higher risk of… »
As blue states roll out ambitious plans to expand public health care coverage, they’ll have to walk a fine line to keep the health care industry — with its lobbying and advocacy muscle — on board. The big picture: Industry groups like doctors and hospitals generally support efforts to cover the uninsured, even through public… Read More: Blue states' ambitious health care plans risk industry backlash –… »