Mediterranean diet may lower women's risk for heart disease by 24%, study finds

Researchers found the diet was associated with a 24% lower risk of heart disease in women and a 23% lower risk of total mortality.

Following a Mediterranean diet may help reduce the risk of heart disease in women, a new study suggests. Researchers found the diet was associated with a 24% lower risk of cardiovascular disease in … [+1728 chars]

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Mediterranean and MIND diets reduced signs of Alzheimer's in brain tissue, study finds

People who consumed foods from the plant-based Mediterranean and brain-focused MIND diets had fewer of the hallmark signs of Alzheimer's — sticky beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain — when autopsied, a new study found.

‘We snaked between mountains and the Mediterranean’: readers’ favourite European train journeys

Our tipsters recall the gorgeous scenery and off-the-beaten-track towns on rail journeys from the Arctic Circle to the Peloponnese.Scroll down to see the winning tip and enter the competition to win a Coolstays breakI recently took the sleeper train between A…

Mediterranean shipwreck: Stories of tragedy emerge after 62 drown - Al Jazeera English

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Vikings went to Mediterranean for ‘summer jobs’ as mercenaries, left graffiti

Hundreds or thousands of Norwegian and Swedish Vikings went to the Mediterranean for ‘summer jobs’ as mercenaries. They left behind graffiti.

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