Healthy skin: What role does diet play? (Mayo Clinic)
Healthy skin: What role does diet play? (Mayo Clinic)
A healthy diet can help promote healthy skin. In particular, antioxidant-rich foods seem to have a protective effect for the skin. On the flip side, some foods seem to be associated with skin damage. For example, a higher intake of meat and full-fat milk can increase the risk of skin wrinkling.
Diet Food Backfire (ScienCentral)
Trying to cut calories at that Fourth of July barbecue? Diet foods and drinks may not be the answer. This ScienCentral News video explains why new research shows foods with no calories just aren’t as satisfying.
Resveratrol found to improve health, but not longevity in aging mice on standard diet (PhysOrg)
Scientists have found that the compound resveratrol slows age-related deterioration and functional decline of mice on a standard diet, but does not increase longevity when started at middle age. This study, conducted and supported in part by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, is a follow-up to 2006 findings that resveratrol improves health and …
Mistrial declared in diet-drug case (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Judge declares mistrial; jury deadlocks on 2 lawyers charged with diet-drug settlement fraud.
Links to Other Reports Testing the Benefits of Diet versus Exercise (Senior Journal)
Below are briefs, with links, to several of the news reports published by SeniorJournal.com in recent years on the ongoing debate about which is best for extending longevity - exercise or diet.
Jury deliberating diet drug trial begins 8th day (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Jurors in northern Kentucky returned to deliberations Thursday in the federal case of two lawyers charged with defrauding their clients out of $65 million in a diet-drug settlement. U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman told attorneys on Wednesday that he anticipates either a verdict or a deadlocked panel before dismissing the jury for the July 4 holiday. Jurors in the case of suspended …
Judge declares mistrial; jury deadlocks on 2 lawyers charged with diet-drug settlement fraud (INO News)
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Ky. lawyers face new trial in diet-drug settlement (AP via Yahoo! News)
Two lawyers accused of defrauding their clients in a diet-drug settlement of $65 million were sent back to jail Thursday after a jury deadlocked and a federal judge declared a mistrial.
Ky. lawyers face new trial in diet-drug settlement (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Two lawyers accused of defrauding their clients in a diet-drug settlement of $65 million were sent back to jail Thursday after a jury deadlocked and a federal judge declared a mistrial. The jury had considered the case against suspended lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. for eight days, and twice in two days sent out notes indicating it was stumped. A third defendant, …