Category Archives: Health

New Study: Healthy Lifestyle, Including Alcohol, Adds 6.7 Years to Women’s Lives, 7.6 Years for Men

A new study from the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University found women age 50 who adopted four or five low-risk lifestyle factors lived 34.4 years free of

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Time to Focus on Health

In our trade of scribbling, one of the enduring principles is that “timeliness is the art and essence of journalism.”

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Nearly Half Say They Would Give Up Pizza or Alcohol to Maintain Goal Weight: Poll

That’s according to a survey by Life Time, a healthy lifestyle brand. Women favored giving up pizza while men favored giving up alcohol. The survey found

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Low Alcohol and Nonalcohol Drinks Among Top 10 Trends for 2020

That’s according to EatingWell, the Meredith Corp. publication that was named Publication of the Year by the International

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DISCUS Offers Health Plan to Craft Spirits Producers

Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. (DISCUS) said it will offer an association health plan to its members, extending

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Death Toll from Tainted Liquor Hits 25 in Costa Rica

And nearly 60 people are hospitalized, officials said.  At least 10 establishments have been shuttered and at least 55,000 containers of alcohol believed to be tainted with methanol have been seized, officials with Costa Rica’s Health Ministry said.

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