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Anchor lead: High fat diets may help cognition but what about other health issues? Elizabeth Tracey reports High fat low carb diets work by changing the body’s energy source to fat, and producing something called ketones in the process. A …

August 15, 2019 – High Fat for Life? Read more »

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Anchor lead: Should the high fat content of certain diets be a concern? Elizabeth Tracey reports Eating a diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates helped people with mild cognitive impairment improve on tests of cognition, a Johns Hopkins …

August 14, 2019 – Healthiness of High Fat? Read more »

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Anchor lead: Can eating a diet that reduces inflammation reduce your risk for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Foods that promote inflammation can increase your risk for cancer while those that decrease inflammation can reduce it. That’s the conclusion of a …

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Anchor lead: Soaring pharmaceutical prices have prompted state action, Elizabeth Tracey reports Maryland is poised to begin scrutinizing pharmaceutical prices and investigating price hikes with a board of experts appointed by the governor. Jeremy Greene, a pharmaceutical pricing activist and …

August 6, 2019 – Keeping Check Read more »