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A Healthy Beer is already being developed, due to an important cancer fighting agent found only in hops.

Carnberries have been shown to help prevent so many bad things in our bodies: Gum disease, ulcers, urinary track infections, prostate, total blood cholesterol, stroke, breast and other cancers. Read more about the amazing health effects of cranberries.

Vermont is named healthiest state. Mississippi and Louisiana are at the bottom of the list. More here.

McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario recently found “waist-to-hip ratio” is a better predictor of heart attacks than BMI or weight. More here

Probiotics :Good Bacteria?
A new study shows that some bacteria actually make us healthier. One type — called probiotics — can stimulate the immune system and help protect against colds and flu.
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Pomegranate extract shows major promise in preventing prostate cancer or slowing its growth, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Corrected: Stressed-out worms die young-study finds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - How well you respond to stress predicts how long you will live, at least if you are a little worm, U.S. scientists reported on Monday.

Genetically identical worms responded to stress in greatly different ways — and those with more active stress reactions lived much longer than worms with less active stress proteins, the researchers found. More active stress responses suggest the animal is coping with the stress.

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Curry ingredient fights skin cancer -U.S. study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The compound that makes curry yellow could help fight skin cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

They said curcumin, found in the spice turmeric, interferes with melanoma cells.

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Dr. Charalambos Vlachopoulos and colleagues, of Athens Medical School in Greece, have found that chocolate consumption led to a significant 7-percent decrease in aortic stiffness. The flexibility of arteries is a key determinant of cardiovascular health. Their work was featured in the American Journal of Hypertension, and can be read about here.