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By Jane Healey - AOL NewsCoffee lovers have a reason to celebrate. Recent studies have shown that rather than being harmful, coffee actually provides a variety of health benefits. Alamy Drink up! A recent study shows that women who drink at least one cup of coffee a day have a lower risk of stroke than women who drank less or none. In a study published last week in Stroke: the Journal of the American Heart Association, Swedish researchers followed the health habits of nearly 35,000 women ages 49 to 83 for 10 years. They discovered that the women who drank at least one cup of coffee per day had a 22 to 25 ...
Hockey Team Answers $50,000-Shot Controversy With Charity [VIDEO]
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsDays after declaring a 73-year-old fan's $50,000 goal invalid, an amateur hockey team will donate part of that sum to charity. The Indiana Ice, who play in the USHL, offer one fan a shot at winning $50,000 at every Saturday home game. The fan stands behind the red end line and shoots. If the puck goes across the ice and into a small hole at the bottom of a board placed in front the net, the fan goes home 50-grand richer. As lifelong recreational puckster Dick Marsh prepared to take his shot Feb. 12, he announced his gift, should he win it, would be given to charity. Then he wowed the ...
Breakthrough Study Finds Genetic Keys to High Cholesterol
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Aug. 4) -- Scientists say they've found a group of genes that help explains why high cholesterol (and high triglycerides) can run in the family. Researchers from 17 countries, funded primarily by the National Institutes of Health, came up with 95 genetic variants (59 of them previously unknown) that explain the hereditary component of those key heart disease risk factors after scanning the genomes of 100,000 people. The team's research is published in this week's issue of Nature. "The new findings point us to specific genetic signposts that allow us to understand more fully why many ...
Corn: A Story With More Than One Kernel of Truth
By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyAfter my most recent rant -- I mean post -- on cheap food, I received a very nice response from Audrae Erickson, the president of the Corn Refiners Association, seeking to clear up any confusion about government subsidies and corn, and to allay any concerns about the sweet nature of corn sweetener. Ms. Erickson posted a short reply in the comments section of my original post, and then followed up with a more detailed reply in an e-mail. Her message reminded me that there are always (at least) two sides to a story. For instance, among the points she made is this one: "Manufacturers of corn ...
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