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Processed foods that don’t taste salty comprise most of the source of salt, CDC experts say

As a matter of fact, salt is too omnipresent in the food supply that it is not easy for most people to lower their consumption of the substance. Consuming salt in large amounts can raise your blood pressure, which is a key risk factor in the development of heart disease and occurrence of stroke.

Measures aimed at prevention should carefully consider societal patterns, study shows

Culture affects the patterns of suicidal behavior for both men and women and could have a part in prevention, according to an expert on the matter.

Men in their young adulthood stage who are obese may have a lesser number of sperms than their peers whose body weight is within the normal limits, a new study says.

The findings of the study contribute to the current evidence linking obesity to a rather poorer quality sperm. The study is published in the journal Fertility and Sterility.

Also, consuming moderate to high levels of tea lowers the risk of death due to the condition, study shows

Consuming moderate amounts of coffee or tea decreases the risk of developing heart disease, and drinking tea moderately or excessively lowers the risk of dying from the condition, a new Dutch study finds.