iStock/Thinkstock(TORONTO) — Does worrying about insomnia keep you awake at night? While that sounds like a joke, people who have problems sleeping do often worry about the reported side effects of insomnia, which include hypertension. Or are the reports of a link Read More
Wavebreak Media/Thinkstock(HANOVER, N.H.) — A picture may tell a thousand words but nothing beats a visual chart to get someone to change their mind during an argument, especially if they’re ill-informed on a subject. Dartmouth University cognitive researchers Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — One of the worst things to happen to anyone is finding out that they have cancer. Adding insult is injury is what researchers term “financial toxicity,” that is, all the stress of worrying about how much of a financial burden Read More
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(BOULDER, Colo.) — Although it seems counterintuitive, the more bicyclists that ride on crowded city streets, the less chance they’ll have of colliding with cars. What accounts for this phenomenon known as the “safety in numbers Read More
Fuse/Thinkstock(ESSEX, England) — Parents who want their kids to be star athletes might want to arrange it so that they’re born in the months of October or November. That’s the advice of Dr. Gavin Sandercock of the Center for Sports and Exercise Science Read More
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Elliot Rodger, the man who killed six people and wounded 13 more before killing himself, had never shown any violent tendencies before the attack, according to his father. Peter Rodger, a photographer and Hollywood movie director, told ABC Read More
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New data from the Centers for Disease Control show that nearly 88,000 people may have died young due to drinking too much alcohol between 2006 and 2010. Those who died from drinking, the CDC says, had their lives shortened by an Read More
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The New York Court of Appeals refused to reinstate New York City’s ban on large sodas and other sugary drinks on Thursday. The ban went into effect in 2012 and prevented the sale of single-size servings of soda and other Read More
Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Want to live to 100? Doctors will tell you to stay active and eat loads of fruits and veggies. But these centenarians have a few extra tricks up their sleeves. Lucienne Clotier of Old Town, Maine, who just turned 105, credits Read More
Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — When it comes to obesity, we have more to lose than just those extra pounds. We also need to shed our misconceptions. “If we continue to think about obesity prevention and treatment the way we always have, then we’ll Read More
