Unlocking the Secrets of Gray Hair
When we start getting gray hair, we tend to blame stress — a high-pressure job, an illness, even our unruly children.But the link between gray hair and psychological stress is little more than f...
15 Reasons Why Drinking Age Should Be 18
There has been a lot of debate when it comes to the legal drinking age here in US. When it comes to law, there is always an opinion, some are for it and some are against. When it comes to the leg...
Girls who think they're fat, more suicidal
Body dissatisfaction -- independent of actual overweight status -- has an impact on suicidal behavior in U.S. girls, researchers said.The researchers found the perception of being overweight among...
8 symptoms women over 40 shouldn’t ignore
Most minor discomfort is a sign of ... not much. Maybe you had a heavy meal, a stressful day, a hard workout — and by the next day you feel fine again. But a handful of trivial-sounding symptoms...
8 Natural Ways to Beat Spring Allergies
Sneezing, a runny nose, itchy eyes—nagging allergy symptoms like these can put a damper on anyone’s enjoyment of spring’s tender beauty. And the treatments your traditional doctor may offer are...
How Bad is Beer?
Get the facts before you crack open a cold one
What's in Your Beer?Beer is usually made from barley, hops, water and yeast. Low-carb versions are watered down or extra-fermented to remove sugars. T...
Signs That You’re Not Drinking Enough Water
Your body needs adequate water to form blood, lymph fluid, and bodily secretions, to name a few. Water also helps prevent inflammation—research now shows that inflammation is a precursor to many...
Today, 1,000 Kids Will Die from Drinking Unsafe Water
March 22nd?—?is World Water Day. You may be reading this article after the fact. It doesn’t matter, because the state of affairs today will be largely the same as each day since the event was...
Sports drinks linked to tooth damage
Sipping on sports drinks can damage your teeth because of the high levels of acid in them, dentists have warned.Dental experts placed teeth in sports drinks and in water to compare the effects an...
Think of Your Poor Feet
In Brief:
? # Huge numbers of people develop foot pain in their 60s, but it can start as early as the 20s and 30s.? # Excessive weight, diabetes and circulation problems can contribute to foot p...
Bacon sandwich really does cure a hangover
A bacon sandwich really does cure a hangover - by boosting the level of amines which clear the head, scientists have found.Researchers claim food also speeds up the metabolism helping the body get...
Scientists explain why scratching helps relieve an itch
Scratching helps to relieve an itch because it reduces the sensations of pain sent to the brain, a new study has found.However, the effect was produced only when the skin was genuinely itchy, resea...
Mystery of Tooth Strength Cracked
Our teeth are put to the test every day, withstanding all the crunching and munching of meals and snacks. This remarkable resilience appears to be due to the microscopic "basket-weave" structure...
Baby born from 21-year-old frozen sperm
The birth of a baby conceived from sperm frozen for 21 years may tie the world record for the longest-frozen, viable sperm, U.S. fertility specialists say.Thirty-eight-year-old Chris Biblis of Char...
The Surprising Consequences of Sleep Deprivation
Nothing feels worse than hearing your alarm clock ring in the morning when your body is screaming for a few extra hours of rest. Given the opportunity, who wouldn’t get more sleep? If I had a ch...
Can Anyone Sleep Tight with Bedbugs on the Rise?
If you haven’t yet had a run-in with these insidious little bloodsuckers, then consider yourself lucky, because bedbugs have exploded as the new international pest to be reckoned with. Cities al...
Questions and answers about swine flu
A woman enters the General Hospital in Mexico City as masked workers monitor the hospital's entrance, Friday, April 24, 2009. Federal health authorities closed schools Friday across this metropol...
Impact of computer games on children's brains needs research, says Lady Greenfield
In a speech Lady Greenfield will say there is an urgent need to investigate the impact of the computer environment on children's brains.
Lady Greenfield, the leading neuroscientist, will call for...
The important links between memory and sleep
Can painful, unwanted memories be altered or even eradicated? That's the provocative question being raised by the emerging science of forgetting.
Researchers are exploring the mysterious and impo...
Swine flu's next move impossible to predict
Scientists have yet to figure out how this strain of the influenza virus spreads, or what makes it lethal. It could continue spreading or fizzle out, they say.
Sometime in the last few years, as t...
Is Sleep Talking Something to Lose Sleep Over?
“That was quite an interesting conversation you were having last night,” my roommate, Natasha, said as she handed me my morning coffee.?What conversation? We had been to a few bars the night b...
The Hidden Dangers of Common Beauty Treatments
Driven by articles in women’s magazines and the steady image stream of perfectly pressed and coiffed celebs, many of us dutifully trek to the salon on a monthly—even weekly—basis to undergo an...
5 Wild Diseases We Got From Animals
The swine flu is just one of many deadly diseases that have jumped from animals to humans.Bacteria and viruses that are deadly to one type of creature can evolve quickly to infect another. The cros...
Half a glass of wine a day may boost life expectancy by 5 years
Drinking up to half a glass of wine a day may boost life expectancy by five years—at least in men—suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health....
What happens if swine flu goes away?
With Mexico saying the worst may be over and the new H1N1 virus starting to look more like a seasonal flu strain in the United States and elsewhere, critics are going to start asking if public he...
Expert says 'just another flu virus,' so why the fear?
Experts say the number of swine flu cases around the world is growing, but not an an alarming rate. And now there are indications the spread of this flu is similar to a typical flu outbreak.So what...
Vitamins 'undo exercise efforts'
Taking vitamins after exercise may undo some of the beneficial effects of the workout, research suggests.Some advocate taking antioxidants like vitamin C and E to help protect the body from harmf...