Tufts University's Health and Nutrition Letter (HNL)
Volume 41 • Number 8 • October 2023
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we researched the latest information on diet and other lifestyle activities and breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer 101. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women (after skin cancer). It is also the second leading cause of cancer death (after lung …
Issue Highlights
Stroke is the fifth highest cause of death in the U.S. and a major cause of disability. Fortunately, there are …
More than 25 percent of Americans ages 50 to 73 and 36 percent of those age 74 and over take …
There has been a pervasive idea in society that obesity is a sign of personal failure—that it is caused exclusively …
According to the National Institutes of Health, heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in …
It’s that time again! A fresh new year full of promise—and promises. For many of us, January is a time …