Healthy Living

Women Call Other Women ‘Sluts’ to Guard Their Social Standing: Study

May 29, 2014 AM EDT

Social status of women is linked to unruly behavior and the use of derogatory sexual language towards their peers, finds a study.

Mild Laser Light can Help Revive the Health of Decayed Tooth: Study

May 29, 2014 AM EDT

Mild laser treatment can activate stem cells in the body that helps repair decayed tooth, finds a study.

Learning in Adolescence Prevents Brain Cell Damage During Adulthood: Study

May 29, 2014 AM EDT

Learning new tasks during adolescence helps preserve brain cells and their functioning in later years, according to a study.

Swedish Donors Believe Parenting Up to 10 Children is Acceptable

May 28, 2014 PM EDT

Most Swedish egg and sperm donors believe it is acceptable to mother or father up to ten children to help childless couples.

The brain's reaction to male odor shifts at puberty in children with gender dysphoria

May 28, 2014 PM EDT

The brains of children with gender dysphoria react to androstadienone, a musky-smelling steroid produced by men, in a way typical of their biological sex, but after puberty according to their experienced gender, finds a study for the first time in th..

Quantity, not quality: Risk of sudden cardiac death tied to protein overproduction

May 28, 2014 PM EDT

A genetic variant linked to sudden cardiac death leads to protein overproduction in heart cells, Johns Hopkins scientists report. Unlike many known disease-linked variants, this one lies not in a gene but in so-called noncoding DNA, a growing focus o..

Toxins in the environment might make you older than your years

May 28, 2014 PM EDT

Why are some 75-year-olds downright spry while others can barely get around? Part of the explanation, say researchers writing in the Cell Press journal Trends in Molecular Medicine on May 28, is differences from one person to the next in exposure to ..

Psychiatric Patients Suffer Damages of Poor Counseling: Study

May 28, 2014 PM EDT

Poor counseling and wrong advices can leave psychiatric patients even more depressed, according to a study.

Study Explains Brain Differences in Boys and Girls After Puberty

May 28, 2014 PM EDT

The levels of brain blood flow vary in boys and girls after puberty, according to a study.

Errors in Wikipedia Entries on Health Makes It An Unreliable Source for Information: Study

May 28, 2014 AM EDT

Do not self diagnose your health conditions using Wikipedia, warns U.S. scientists.

Shed Weight By Drinking Diet Soda: Study

May 28, 2014 AM EDT

Diet sodas can help you lose excess weight, according to a study.

Non-Hormonal Treatment Helps Reduce Hot Flashes in Menopausal Women: Study

May 28, 2014 AM EDT

Antidepressant drug ‘Venlafaxine’ is as effective as estrogen therapy in treating hot flashes in menopausal women, finds a study.

People Who Can’t Taste Fat are More likely to become Obese: Study

May 28, 2014 AM EDT

Inability to taste fat in foods may increase the risk of overeating and obesity, according to a study.

Post-Sex Cuddling Most Beneficial for Parents

May 27, 2014 PM EDT

Cuddling improves sex and relationship quality, according to a new study.

Poor diet before pregnancy is linked with preterm birth

May 27, 2014 PM EDT

University of Adelaide research has for the first time confirmed that women who eat a poor diet before they become pregnant are around 50% more likely to have a preterm birth than those on a healthy diet.