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  • Mediterranean diet may help maintain brain health

    By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Elderly people who follow a Mediterranean-style diet may benefit from better brain health and a lower risk for cognitive impairment later in life, according to a new U.S. study. “It suggests that a healthy dietary pattern and specific dietary components have impact on biomarkers of brain pathology,” senior researcher…

  • Florida probes new Zika case outside Miami

    Florida is investigating a new case of Zika infection outside the neighborhood in Miami where mosquitoes are believed to have spread the virus to more than a dozen people, officials said Monday. Florida Governor Rick Scott described the case as a “new individual with non-travel related Zika in Palm Beach County,” north of Miami. The…