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The claim: After just 5 months of treatment, a man suffering from near-total baldness regrew a full head of hair (as well as eyebrows and eyelashes) thanks to an FDA-approved drug called tofacitinib, which is normally used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The research: Previous studies had shown that tofacitinib—a type of enzyme and inflammation blocker that also influences your DNA—was capable of reversing hair loss in mice suffering from the disease alopecia....

While she may have been frightened, she wasn’t surprised. At 245 pounds and with a family history of the disease, Risor knew her risk was high. But like many of the 100 million Americans affected by diabetes and prediabetes (including the 7 million that the CDC estimates don’t know they have the disease), she hadn’t made the dietary changes that can often prevent type 2 diabetes. The diagnosis knocked the apathy out of her—suddenly, she was determined to do whatever it took to avoid taking medications....

8: The number of ounces of 100% juice equal to one serving of fruit

1. Taylor Swift - Shake It Off - 160 BPM2. Meghan Trainor - Lips Are Movin - 138 BPM3. Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong - 121 BPM4. Calvin Harris & John Newman - Blame - 128 BPM5. American Authors - Best Day of My Life (Gazzo Remix) - 125 BPM6. Calvin Harris - Summer - 128 BPM7. Maroon 5 - Maps - 120 BPM8. Ariana Grande & Zedd - Break Free - 130 BPM9....

Knowing that white blood cells are under stress when fighting cancer, researchers decided to further stress the white blood cells by exposing them to UV light. They took blood samples from 208 subjects, 94 of were healthy and 114 who’d been referred to specialists for treatment of yet-to-be-determined illnesses. After stressing the white blood cells with UV light and measuring the damage done to DNA within the cells, the researchers found that more damage occurred in people who were ultimately diagnosed with cancer, meaning blood from people with cancer was distinguishable from the blood of people who were cancer-free....

Zucchini-Walnut Bread Before: 370 cal, 1 g fiber, 6 g sat fat, 310 mg sodium After: 270 cal, 3 g fiber, 1.5 g sat fat, 250 mg sodium PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES / TOTAL TIME: 1 HOUR / SERVINGS: 8 3/4 c whole wheat pastry flour 3/4 c all-purpose flour 1/2 c sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/3 c canola oil 1/3 c unsweetened applesauce 2 lg eggs 1 sm zucchini (6 oz), coarsely grated (about 1 1/4 c) 1/3 c chopped walnuts...

Free Giveaway: Enter to Win a Copy of Brooke’s Book! Not all the challenges of her life have occurred at work. She took an emotional risk when she ended her marriage to plastic surgeon Garth Fisher in 2005. By then, the couple had two daughters, Neriah, 12, and Sierra, now 10. Brooke found love again, however, with an old flame, former Baywatch star David Charvet. After having two children together—daughter Rain, age 5, and son Shaya, 4—they married in 2011....

But if you’re dreading your divorce, you may find solace in new research published in Economica. Ten thousand people reported their happiness every year for 18 years (talk about a long-term project). Since researchers also had information about these people’s major life events (marriage, divorce, and so on), they were able to conclude that people were significantly happier after divorce than they were before. “Divorce, when it happens, is a bad moment, but people move back to their baseline happiness (how happy they were before their marriage took a turn for the worse) very quickly,” says Andrew Clark, PhD, professor at the Paris School of Economics, and author of the study, adding, “divorce seems to be a great idea!...

Root VegetablesLook for rutabagas and turnips, which, like broccoli, are cruciferous vegetables, replete with cancer-fighting isothiocyanates. Cook them just as you would potatoes. Another winter pick: beets, which get their jewel-red color from betalains, compounds that have been shown to protect your heart. Comfortably familiar carrots and sweet potatoes supply three to five times your daily requirement of vitamin A in a single serving. Cooking GreensLeafy greens are so nutritious that the National Cancer Institute recommends eating them daily....

In their study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers examined a nutrient called “carnitine,” which our bodies produce naturally to help with energy metabolism. (We produce enough carnitine on our own; we don’t need extra from food.) Some intestinal bacteria use carnitine as food, which gives rise to an artery-clogging compound called trimethylamine-N-oxide, or TMAO. “TMAO changes our cholesterol metabolism and contributes to the accumulation of cholesterol within the artery wall,” says Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD, the study’s co-author and vice chair of translational research for the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute....

The study, published online in the European Journal of Nutrition, found laboratory mice fed cocoa as part of a high-fat diet experienced less obesity-related inflammation than those on the same diet without the supplement. Lead researcher Joshua Lambert, associate professor of food science at Penn State, said the mice ate the human equivalent of 10 tablespoons of cocoa powder—about four or five cups of hot cocoa—during a 10-week period. The results showed several indicators of inflammation and diabetes in the mice fed the cocoa were much lower and almost identical to those in mice fed a healthier low-fat diet....

How does stress work? It releases adrenaline from the autonomic nervous system. “This adrenaline release sets up a whole cascade of reactions, including increased heart rate and blood pressure and stimulation of blood clotting cells, called platelets. Stress hormones can damage blood vessels by altering their flexibility and making them more vulnerable to plaque disruption,” explains cardiologist Nieca Goldberg, MD, author of The Women’s Healthy Heart Program. Chronic stress can result in unhealthy habits, such as smoking, being sedentary, overusing alcohol, eating poorly, and being socially isolated, she adds....

“I would definitely recommend adding cinnamon, but it wouldn’t be the only thing,” says Wendy Bazilian, DrPH, RD, author of The SuperFoodsRx Diet. “It would have to be in tandem with an overall diet that would be helpful to someone with hypertension, exercise, and weight management, which is the number one way to bring down blood pressure.” Dr. Bazilian’s favorite ways to ramp up cinnamon intake are to toss it with freshly-cut fruit, stir it into a natural nut butter, add it to balsamic or vinaigrette dressing, or sprinkle it on top of yogurt or nuts before roasting....

After the study team exposed peanut-sensitive mice to a variety of bacteria called Clostridia for five weeks, the rodents’ nut allergies all but evaporated. Simply put, their tiny bodies stopped producing inflammation-causing antibodies in response to peanuts. Even when the researchers stopped giving the mice the Clostridia bacteria, the whiskered, little test subjects still showed reduced sensitivity to peanuts, says study coauthor Taylor Feehley, a pathology researcher at the University of Chicago....

The research: Lead researcher David C. Nieman, DrPH, and his team at Appalachian State University in North Carolina looked at the blood of cyclists and runners who exercised for 2.5 hours a day for three days in a lab at 70% VO2 max (a measure of oxygen uptake). Working out at 70% VO2 max is the level where you can have a breathy conversation while exercising—you’re not totally out of breath, but conversation’s a bit of a challenge....

Now, researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have penned the ideal depression-busting workout plan. Drawing from the results of previous studies, the paper was published in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice. How can exercise help beat the blues? “The beneficial effect could be a result of increased endorphins or neurotransmitters such as serotonin,” says James Blumenthal, PhD, a depression researcher at Duke University who was not associated with the UT Southwestern article....

While diet soda has been linked to obesity in the past, this study focused on where daily drinkers gained extra fat: in widening waistlines. Researchers also suggest a range of possible reasons for how diet sodas might increase risk, beyond just increasing hunger hormones (the most commonly held assumption). To reach their conclusion, researchers measured diet soda intake, waist circumference, height, and weight of 466 adults at study onset and at three follow-ups....