Year: 2011

Researchers have found that the average mile-running times of people in their 40s or 50s correlates strongly to whether they have...

Perhaps you've seen the headlines: "Colon Cleansing Ineffective and Unsafe, Say Researchers."So what is this groundbreaking study in the Journal...

Recent studies have found that memory tasks performed regularly can nudge your IQ up a few points -- and the uptick...

Amazing as it seems, doctors are now able to perform operations before birth on babies who have birth defects. To...

Lots of people like to relax occasionally after work or on the weekends with a glass of wine…or three.  There's...

Studies now show that people who take antidepressants and then go off of them have recurring bouts of major depression at almost...

According to new research, gossiping may be hardwired into our brains and serve an evolutionary purpose. Another recent study on...

Seemingly unrelated external events or circumstances can literally alter our brains for good or ill -- sometimes permanently, unless somehow...

According to recent information from the American Cancer Society, cancer-related death rates are 22 percent lower for men and nearly...

According to a 2009 New York Times study, 11 percent of all drivers on the road are blabbing away on...

In an attempt to be the best and excel, many college students and twenty-somethings take so-called "smart drugs" such as...

New research has found that it is a regularly occurring practice at hundreds of hospitals to allow chest CT scans,...

While plastic wrap doesn’t usually contain BPA, it typically contains the carcinogen chlorine plusa substance called DEHA, which acts as an...

A new study has determined that there was a 55 percent increase in emergency room hospital visits for prescription drug-related...

Why is it that in the world of "scientific" medicine, deeply ingrained beliefs (e.g. flu shots, statin drugs, antidepressants, hormone...

The Fukushima Daiichi plant that was so badly damaged is now beleaguered by a tremendous amount of dangerously radioactive water....

A new study has found Botox reduces the ability to empathize. The reason is that in order to interpret the emotions others...

According to new research, the more time teens spend listening to music, the more likely they are to be depressed.  Although...

A new study on bisphenol A (BPA)  has "surprisingly" found that after we have eaten foods containing BPA, it is...

Colds and flus are not only inconvenient and uncomfortable, they can also be extremely dangerous -- especially to the very...

A new study shows that people who use lots of olive oil, even in cooking, have a considerably lower stroke...

New research is suggesting that, in fact, we may all have a limited supply of self-control. When you exert a...

MRSA accounts for some 19,000 deaths annually in the United States, and an equivalent number in Europe, more than all...

A study conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston showed that regularly consuming six or more cups...

We all fret about the obesity epidemic among children as well as adults today.  But few of us worry about...