Coconut oil and Alzheimer’s

IN THIS column more than 11 years ago, on November 21, 2005, we discussed the controversy about the health effects of coconut oil which has been going on for decades. The question still remains: Is coconut oil ingestion beneficial or harmful to our body?

Dark chocolate and red wine are the heart-healthy food, drink of love

Forget the oysters and the champagne this Valentine’s Day. If you want to keep your true love’s heart beating strong, dark chocolate and red wine are the food and drink of love, said Susan Ofria, clinical nutrition manager at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital.

Add more local meat processors to your grocery shopping list

I received a number of emails from readers about local meat processors they held in high regard after last week's column about pork and where it was available from local businesses. I wanted to make sure to give them the recognition they deserved:

Heart Disease: What You Should Know

Today is Wear Red Day, a campaign by the American Heart Association to raise awareness among women of an illness that kills more women than all cancers combined. At this very moment 8 million women are living in the United States with heart disease.

Press Release

Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an updated label for VYTORIN® (ezetimibe/simvastatin) that includes results from the S tudy of H eart a nd R enal P rotection (SHARP). In SHARP, VYTORIN 10/20 mg lowered LDL cholesterol in patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD ...