Nuts linked to 'substantial' mortality drop

New Harvard research provides the strongest evidence to date that eating nuts can reduce a person’s risk of dying from cancer, heart disease and a number of other causes. Ying Bao, HMS instructor in medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, is the first author of the study. Charles S. Fuchs, HMS professor of medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is the senior author. Jeffrey Drazen, the Parker B. Francis Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and editor in chief of The New England Journal of Medicine, is also quoted.

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