Forget about an apple a day. New research suggests that grape juice could be more effective at keeping the doctor away....

Love it or loathe it, oatmeal’s got serious heart-protecting power.

A new study shows that diet soda might be harmful as the sugary stuff when it comes to chronic health problems.

We all know that we need regular doses of love, exercise, and healthy meals to keep our hearts and minds in good shape. But new research suggests that most of us overlook another critical habit -- the daily catnap.

They're chock full of antioxidants. They help fight everything from heart disease to ulcers. They might just be the healthiest jellied stuff that's shaped like a can.

This is a true story: I've been afraid of trans fats for years and years... long before I'd ever heard the words or knew what they meant.

 

Put your mug down.

Green tea -- that miracle beverage said to stave off heart disease, strokes and cancer -- probably isn't much of a miracle after all.

Move over green tea. A cuppa joe — actually several cuppas — are now being touted as another hot beverage with highly beneficial health properties.

Selenium was the darling supplement of the 1980s, believed to prevent and possibly treat heart disease. The claims were based on a study that found that countries with the highest rate of disease were usually lacking in the trace element.

Selenium carried the reputation of super supplement through the '80s and '90s, but a study published last month in The American Journal of Epidemiology has revealed that when it comes to heart health, selenium was never all it was cracked up to be.

 

The long list of reasons to include soy-based foods in your diet may be a bit shorter, suddenly. The American Heart Association reviewed a decade of studies on the benefits of eating soy, and their findings cast doubt on the claim that soy can lower cholesterol. The AHA review also found no evidence that soy's isoflavones could ease the symptoms of menopause or prevent some forms of cancer.