High trans fat intake increased ischemic stroke risk among a large cohort of postmenopausal women, but taking aspirin appears to lessen the risk, study findings published in Annals of Neurology ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A high intake of trans fats could increase colon cancer risk, according to new research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. People who ate the most trans ...

Trans fats, often hidden in processed and fried foods, are a significant threat to heart health, silently disrupting blood vessels and raising harmful ...

The link between trans fatty acids and coronary heart disease (CHD) is so strong that cities have banned them in restaurants, but now comes even more damning evidence: Women with the highest blood ...

The previous article described how fatty acids consist of long chains of carbon-carbon bonds, with the carbon mostly “saturated” with hydrogen atoms. When two saturated adjacent carbon atoms exchange ...

With a growing number of chains electing to change their frying oils to jettison trans fats, the impression among health-conscious consumers might be that heart-threatening dietary risks are becoming ...

These trans-fatty acids clog arteries, increasing the risks of heart attack and death. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the world, and more than 278,000 deaths each year can ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who want to get pregnant may want to stay away from fast food French fries not just to avoid putting on some extra pounds, a new study shows. Sign up here. The more ...

Speaking at a press conference in Abuja after a one-day training for journalists in Abuja, the deputy executive director of the Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria (FoEN), ...