Lymphedema Treatment: Your Candy Bar May Soon Taste the Same, With Far Less Sugar

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Researchers Reformulate Sugar to Use Less

The New York Times—Could the same sugar taste with 40 percent less and no artificial substances be on the horizon? Scientists at Nestlé have found a way, but it's not the holy grail—most sugar in the American diet comes from soda and sugary desserts, and the new product is designed for use in candy.

Should You Take a Daily Aspirin? Here's the Latest

TIME—Medical experts have been divided for years over the benefits and risks of taking a daily aspirin. Now a new study published in PLOS ONE attempts to provide some definitive answers.

Study Links Zika and Glaucoma

ScienceDaily—Researchers in Brazil and at the Yale School of Public Health have found a link between exposure to the Zika virus in utero and glaucoma—a condition that can cause blindness resulting from permanent damage to the optic nerve.

Why Women Have More Knee Injuries

Berkeley Wellness—

Anatomy plays a large role—along with some other factors. For one, women have a proportionately wider pelvis, so their thigh bones angle in more sharply from hip to knee, causing greater stress and instability in the knee. And their ligaments tend to be more lax—particularly the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which stabilizes the knee by connecting its top and bottom parts.

Heart Risk Calculators Are Not Foolproof

Health After 50—

The calculators that doctors use to estimate their patients' future risk of heart attack are often off the mark, according to one study that suggests four of the five calculators overestimated people's risk by anywhere from 8 percent to 154 percent.