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What is Metabolic Syndrome?

Metabolic syndrome is the name for a group of risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, and other health problems. You can have just one risk factor, but people often have several of them together.

More Evidence Linking Ultraprocessed Foods and Early Death

ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD CONSUMPTION AND PREMATURE DEATH are associated. That’s the finding of a new study from Brazil. Ultra-processed foods are industrial formulations of substances made from...

A Big Upside to Olive Oil

IT'S ONLY AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY, but a recent examination of 90,000 healthcare professionals in the United States suggests that consuming even a tiny amount of...

Coffee Good for Your Heart, But There is a Caveat

WHICH OF THESE IS THE MOST ACCURATE observation regarding coffee consumption? A. Habitual coffee drinking increases your risk of atrial fibrillation, a condition marked by an irregular and...