USATODAY.com:

Just a month after his death, controversial diet guru Robert Atkins may be getting a little more respect. Two new studies in Thursday's prestigious New England Journal of Medicine show that dieters who followed the meat-lovers' low-carb diet lost more than twice as much weight as those on a traditional low-calorie, high-carb diet.

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USATODAY.com:

Women may be able to significantly lower their chances of becoming depressed during pregnancy and postpartum months by eating fish that's rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, says a large National Institutes of Health study.

More good news concerning the benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids.

-Tim
12:57:03 PM    

HealthScout News Service:

If you're worried your bad breath will put a damper on a date, you might consider substituting tea for wine with that candlelight dinner.

Two new studies suggest that regular tea drinking can stave off unsociable mouth odors. Both were presented May 20 at the American Society for Microbiology's annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

More good news about tea.

-Tim
12:52:50 PM    

The SARS virus likely will reappear in the United States and Europe next flu season and cause some deaths, the U.S. health and human services secretary said Tuesday.

Source: [BioSpace]
10:16:06 AM    

As SARS retreats in many places, the World Health Organization and a top U.S. official are warning that new outbreaks could erupt during the months ahead and Taiwan says its epidemic has yet to peak.

Source: [BioSpace]
10:15:14 AM    

In the race to stop severe acute respiratory syndrome, a little-understood group known as "superspreaders" may hold important clues -- or they may be just a myth.

Source: [BioSpace]
10:09:37 AM    

Government researchers say they are so keen to find a cure for SARS that they are looking at traditional Chinese remedies and even antibiotics that would not be expected to work against a virus.

Source: [BioSpace]
10:08:54 AM    

At a rickety table in a Lagos market, a man identifying himself as "Native Doctor Ndubuisi" displayed his wares: tree barks, dried roots, shriveled vines, fresh leaves and balls of clay.

Source: [BioSpace]
10:06:37 AM