The January issue of ‘The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease’ features a study of long-term coffee drinking and its effect on age-related dementia.  The findings suggest drinking coffee today keeps dementia away.

Caffeine is thought to be the most widely consumed drug in the world, its presence felt in foods and beverages such as coffee, tea, and chocolate and in many medications, too.  The drug is generally thought to increase the risk…

Those of us who can’t open our eyes in the morning before downing a nice, steaming cup of coffee eagerly anticipate that java jolt that gets our hearts pumping, our blood flowing, and clears the cobwebs out of our sleepy…

Repeated studies have shown that consuming caffeine and carbohydrates before and during workouts improves performance in many cases.  Researchers from Australia have just published a report in the Journal of Applied Physiology that says these substances quickly replenish the fuel…

It was in the late 1970’s that legislators and businesses really started to eliminate the use of asbestos, which can lead to the deadly mesothelioma cancer. But products already made for distribution were never taken from the factory lines and…

A woman’s history of drinking is directly linked to her chances of developing the most common form of breast cancer and it doesn’t matter what form of alcoholic beverage she prefers, either.  The largest study ever conducted that matches alcoholic…

A study released Monday provides convincing evidence that caffeine consumption by pregnant women can significantly increase the risk of miscarriage. The study, which was conducted in California, was published on the web site of the American Journal of Obstetrics and…