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///////////////Mediterranean-Like Diet Linked to Lower Risk for Chronic Disease, Death

Strict adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet is associated with reduced risk for mortality and chronic disease, according to a meta-analysis in BMJ.

Researchers combined data from 12 prospective cohort studies comprising 1.6 million subjects with 3 to 18 years' follow-up. They found that a two-point increase in adherence to a Mediterranean-like diet (on a nine-point scale) was associated with significantly reduced risk for:

* all-cause mortality (relative risk, 0.91);
* death from cardiovascular disease (RR, 0.91);
* incidence of or death from cancer (RR, 0.94);
* incidence of Alzheimer or Parkinson disease (RR, 0.87).



/////////////////Fluctuations in serotonin transport may explain winter blues

Researchers have discovered greater levels of serotonin transporter in the brain in winter than in summer. These findings have important implications for understanding seasonal mood change in healthy people, vulnerability to seasonal affective disorders and the relationship of light exposure to mood.




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