LA Times – Study Upholds Breast Cancer Mortality For Hormone Replacement In the nearly 11 years since researchers first rang alarm bells that women on hormone replacement therapy faced an increased risk of breast cancer, some have suggested that taking estrogen and progestin to treat symptoms...

Regular exercise can substantially improve memory, and different types of exercise seem to affect the brain quite differently. For the most robust brain health, it’s probably advisable to incorporate both aerobic and resistance training, two new studies in people and animal suggest. Read more here: https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/how-exercise-may-boost-the-brain/?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=HL_GAB_20130411 ...

Probiotics have been shown to “affect the brain activity linked to emotion and sensation”, says a recent study [1] from UCLA. The previously proposed relationship between the gut flora profile and mood has been postulated based on preliminary data in rodents, preclinical data in humans, and...

Yale University professor of psychology and public health, Kelly Brownell, an especially vocal proponent of the view that the processed-food industry should be seen as a public health menace: “As a culture, we’ve become upset by the tobacco companies advertising to children, but we sit...