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BOSTON (AP) Dunkin’ Donuts, the food-on-the-go chain whose name celebrates a treat that’s symbolic of unhealthy eating, is trying to refresh its image by largely eliminating trans fat across its menu, Homer Simpson be damned.
Dunkin’ planned to announce Monday that it has developed an alternative cooking oil and reformulated more than 50 menu […]

If you have ever observed ants marching in and out of a nest, you might have been reminded of a highway buzzing with traffic. To Iain Couzin, such a comparison is a cruel insult - to the ants.
Americans spend a total of 3.7 billion hours a year in congested traffic. But you will never […]

In this week’s mailbag, readers wander the health and grocery aisles and ask: Why?
Q: Why are multivitamin pills so huge? I should be taking them, but I don’t because they are such horse pills. ДNancy Huston, Wilmington, Del.
A: Don’t blame the vitamins. Blame the other stuff Д especially the minerals Д in the […]

Eight years ago, neurologist Mark Stacy encountered a strange problem with two of his patients.
Both men had Parkinson’s disease, and they suddenly developed an out-of-control urge to gamble. Both maxed out their credit cards and lost $60,000 in just a few short months.
Stacy realized that the gambling sprees started just after he had […]

CHICAGO Here’s some good and bad news for chocoholics: Dark chocolate seems to lower blood pressure, but it requires an amount less than two Hershey’s Kisses to do it, a small study suggests.
The new research from Germany adds to mounting evidence linking dark chocolate with health benefits, but it’s the first to suggest […]