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Each additional daily cup of coffee was associated with a 1 percent decrease in the risk of prostate cancer. Drinking coffee may lower the risk for prostate cancer. Researchers combined data from 16 prospective studies that calculated the risk associated with the highest versus the lowest coffee consumption. In all, …

Consuming foods high in vitamins C and E may help protect against the onset of Parkinson’s later in life, a Swedish study suggests. People who consume a diet rich in vitamins C and E may be at reduced risk for Parkinson’s disease. Researchers followed 41,058 Swedish men and women for …

Conditions like hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity and diabetes in a father may affect whether a pregnancy reaches full term. A father’s poor health before conception may increase the risk for pregnancy loss, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed records from an employee insurance database that included data on 958,804 pregnancies …

Major birth defects are associated with an increased risk for cancer in childhood. New research suggests the risk persists into adulthood. People born with birth defects have a higher risk for cancer throughout life, researchers report. It has been generally known that major birth defects are associated with an increased …

Girls born extremely prematurely may have an increased risk of depression from childhood through young adulthood. Using Finnish birth and health registries, researchers studied 37,682 people diagnosed with mild, moderate or severe depression, comparing them with 148,795 healthy controls. The children were born between 1987 and 2007, and their average …

People whose mothers had diabetes before or during pregnancy have an increased risk for heart disease as young adults, new research suggests. The risk was apparent both for children of mothers with pre-existing Type 2 diabetes and for children whose mothers developed gestational diabetes during pregnancy. The study, in the …

Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with reduced levels of beta amyloid, the protein that forms the brain plaques of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests. Korean researchers studied 414 men and women, average age 71, who were free of dementia or alcohol-related disorders. All underwent physical exams, tests of mental …

To stave off obesity, we might want to both stride and lift, according to an important, large-scale new study of how different types of exercise affect the incidence of obesity in America. The study, which involved health records for almost 1.7 million men and women, indicates that people who exercise …