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Berries May Cut Women’s Heart Attack Risk

Posted on 01/16/2013 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthAn apple a day may keep the doctor away, but for women, eating berries three times a week may keep the cardiologist at bay. A large new study that followed nearly 94,000 young and middle-aged women for 18 years found that those who ate three or more servings of blueberries and strawberries a week had a 32 percent lower risk of heart attack. The women, ages 25 to 42, were registered with the long-running Nurses’ Health Study II. They completed …

Can Spaghetti Sauce Prevent a Stroke?

Posted on 10/9/2012 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthGood news, Italian-food lovers: A new study finds that eating lots of tomatoes and tomato-based foods like spaghetti sauce is associated with a lower risk of stroke. Tomatoes, you might remember, are high in the antioxidant lycopene, which gives tomatoes their red color. The study of 1,031 older men in Finland found that those who had the highest amount of lycopene in their blood were 55 percent less likely to have a stroke than those with the lowest amounts. The …

Before You Bite: News About Organic Tomatoes, Walmart Corn

Posted on 08/22/2012 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthThe juiciest tomatoes and the sweetest corn are two of summer’s most anticipated gifts, which is why we were both happy and troubled to read the latest health news on both those favorite foods. First, the good news. You may want to spend a little more to eat organic tomatoes, a new study suggests, because they have a higher level of antioxidants than conventionally grown ones. Researchers from the University of Barcelona and the Institute of Health in Spain compared …

Enjoy Summer, Protect your Skin

Posted on 06/5/2012 by | Washington D.C. | Comments

Personal Health | TravelBrighter colors and shorter outfits are suddenly the norm: After Memorial Day weekend, the summer is here in full swing. But along with family trips, sunshine and humidity the hot season also brings risks for your skin due to sun exposure. The first step to keep these risks at bay is to accept them and stop thinking “no, that can’t happen to me.” Next, you will find that it is not so hard to take care of your skin by …