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Tea keeps blood pressure down

Tea drinkers are less likely to suffer from hypertension, report Chinese researchers in a study out this week.

Caffeine may worsen type 2 diabetes

Drinking coffee could upset the body's ability to metabolise sugar, with potentially serious effects in those with the increasingly common condition type 2 diabetes, suggest scientists.

Lutein may benefit more elderly than thought

Lutein supplements, shown previously to fortify the macular layer in the eye and thought to protect against age-related blindness, also appear to increase macular pigment in people at earlier stages of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according...