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Did You Know? Fiber for Lower Blood Pressure Eating a high fiber diet can lower high blood pressure and even improve healthy blood pressure levels, a new study indicates. People who ate 7.2 to 18.9 grams of fiber a day (best source: fruits and vegetables) for eight or more weeks showed significantly lower blood pressure.

Breathless News!! Eating sugar-free yogurt -- the traditional kind -- reduces the bacteria that cause bad breath. Levels of hydrogen sulfide, one main culprit, decreased in 80 percent of yogurt-eating volunteers. They had less dental plaque and their gums were healthier, too.

Most Likely to Choke In a study that questions the value of the SATs and other high-stakes test, researchers have found that the very brightest kids are likely to perform at merely average levels. These are the kids who have significant working memory capacity -- but it is impaired by high-stress situations. The researchers believe that the greater attentional capacity such kids have becomes consumed by anxiety, reducing their stellar memory skills.

77.6 In years, the average life expectancy of Americans. It's up four months from 2002 statistics, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. The gap between women and men narrowed slightly, while death rates from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease have risen slightly.