We’ve all fallen victim to bad breath (whether we realized it or not), but there are certain steps you can take to avoid bad breath. Of course, maintaining good oral hygiene is first and foremost, the Mayo Clinic advises. If you don’t keep your mouth clean, little particles of food can stay in there, causing [...]

The intense flu season this year is enough to make anyone want to keep a distance from the coughs and sneezes of others. But an arm’s length may not be enough.  The conventional wisdom is that flu is spread largely through close contact with others and by touching contaminated surfaces. A recent study by scientists [...]

You know about the foods that can help protect you from heart problems. They lower cholesterol and blood pressure, fight plaque build up and reduce inflammation.  But more than 2,150 Americans die from heart disease every day, making it the leading cause of death for both women and men, according to the American Heart Association. [...]

When Agatha Christie’s play Black Coffee debuted, reviewers found the antics of her Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, “neither a strong stimulant nor a powerful enemy of sleep.” Seven decades later a stiff cup of coffee has earned greater respect: It actually has Herculean powers to reduce your risk of diabetes.

In The New England Journal of Medicine last week, a prominent researcher noted that much of the conventional wisdom about weight loss has little basis in science. But his article did not address one oft-asked question: Is your waistline affected by when you eat, or is a calorie always just a calorie whenever you eat [...]

Egg yolks are high in cholesterol, but a new analysis adds to the evidence that they are not the dietary sin we once thought they were. The review suggests that for most people, eating one egg a day is not bad for the heart.