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Hello Vaccines Without Needles, Goodbye Flight Delays
Reader's Digest — The patch is not just for smokers and cruise-ship newbies anymore, reports Fast Company. Intercell USA and Ideo have developed a method of transcutaneous immunization (if you want to be scientific about it). It's in advanced FDA trials and will ...More…
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Vitamin News for Disease Prevention
Reader's Digest — Vitamins C and E would help ward off heart disease and cancer. A recent Harvard study showed no benefit to the 14,641 men who took supplements for an average of eight years. In fact, men taking vitamin E had a 74 percent increased risk of stroke ...More…
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Alzheimer's Disease: 5 Tips for Lowering Your Risk
Reader's Digest — There's good news and bad about Alzheimer's disease, which affects more than five million Americans. Current medications only minimally delay progression of the disease, says Lon S. Schneider, MD, who directs the Alzheimer's Disease Research ...More…
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Thirsty? Hear why you should reach for iced green tea.
Reader's Digest — By Janis Graham From Reader's Digest Iced tea is more than just cool, especially if it's freshly made green tea. Brew some up to get: Overweight or obese exercisers burned off three more pounds and 7 percent more belly fat when they drank green .. ...More…
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4 Super Foods for Preventing Diabetes
Reader's Digest — By Janis Graham From Reader's Digest If you develop diabetes, you can expect it to steal years from your life. Sound like a bad deal? To protect yourself, start with a well-balanced diet, of course, but add these superfoods. New research shows ...More…
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Stay Connected with Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest — Connect with the Reader's Digest community on Facebook. Share our most talked about stories, enter contests, read our blogs and download our latest widgets. Plus, find our most popular photos and videos or upload your own. Connect with the ...More…
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Misdiagnosed: Mystery Diseases and Syndromes
Reader's Digest — For years, no matter what diet she tried, Joyce Dixon just seemed to gain weight. In 1996 the five-foot-three mother of two weighed more than 200 pounds. But her self-esteem was the least of her problems. Her legs were so swollen and weak that ...More…
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Spice Up Your Diet for Disease Prevention
Reader's Digest — By Janis Graham From Reader's Digest Adding spice to your life may reduce heart disease and diabetes, says a University of Georgia study. Seasonings are concentrated sources of disease-fighting phenols. Allspice, cinnamon, cloves, marjoram, mint, ...More…
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Treating Alzheimer's: 4 Disease-Fighting Advancements
Reader's Digest — A new radioactive dye that highlights brain plaques may help doctors detect signs of Alzheimer's even before dementia has started. By injecting AV-45 into patients having PET scans, physicians can see if there are amyloid protein deposits, a key ...More…
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Are Grains Better Than Whole Wheat?
Reader's Digest — Once found only in health food stores, "old-world" grains like amaranth, spelt, and quinoa are now available at your local grocery. These tasty grains may be even higher in disease-fighting nutrients than the usual whole wheat, rice, and oats. . ...More…
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Exotic Juices for Disease Prevention
Reader's Digest — By Janis Graham From Reader's Digest A glass of pure juice is a convenient way to get a serving of fresh fruit, not to mention disease-fighting polyphenols and protection from LDL oxidation-the trigger for the development of "bad" ...More…
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Your Blood Tells All: Detecting Disease
Reader's Digest — Doctors have always used blood tests to detect disease. Now new high-tech tests can check for hundreds of conditions at once. Companies like Biophysical and MyMedLab draw your blood, look for biomarkers for everything from cancers to arthritis, ...More…