The latest recommendations take a big-picture approach that emphasizes adopting a pattern of healthy eating.
Health
As e-cigarettes advertising expands, so does teen use
Public health officials worry the products threaten decades of progress in combating youth tobacco use and could cultivate more regular smokers.
Study: Kids’ asthma rates quiet down after earlier increase
A possible plateau in childhood obesity rates and declines in air pollution are among factors that may have helped lower cases in kids.
Cutting sugar from kids’ diets has benefit in just 10 days
While the study is very preliminary because of its small size, it has important implications for how we think about the ills of sugars.
All dietary supplements not harmless, study finds
Some 23,000 people end up in the ER each year with problems after ingesting the nutritional products.
Study: Many women can skip breast cancer chemotherapy
A gene-activity test identifies women who are likely to respond to hormone-blocking drugs.
Retirement can be hazardous to your health
A new study finds that senior citizens who work are in better health than those who don’t.
Obese at 50? Watch out for Alzheimer’s disease
Research links obesity in middle age with earlier development of the disease.
State takes measures to meet arrival of measles
Maine’s high rate of unvaccinated children poses danger and prompts debate on the ease with which parents may opt out of vaccinations.
Republicans to float health care tax credits
A proposed plan would give lower-income people a tax break to help them afford health insurance.