The common sunscreen ingredient benzophenone-3, also known as oxybenzone or BP-3, can play a role in the development ...

Small distractions can have serious consequences for people deprived of sleep, according to the largest experimentally controlled study ...

Those suffering from GBS can initially experience vomiting and diarrhea, but can often write the symptoms off as ...

You don't have to be a naturally mindful person to reap the emotional benefits of meditation. When researchers ...

It's definitely a lower-cost alternative to health care.

A new study offers some of the most conclusive evidence to date that intelligence is linked to chess ...

Older adults enjoy using Facebook, email, instant messaging, and other forms of social media—and doing so may even ...

New research provides some of the most conclusive evidence to date of fathers' importance to children's outcomes. The ...

Mothers need to have the knowledge and confidence to make these healthy decisions for their children

Until now, many developing nations—where counterfeit medicines are a real problem—haven’t had a standard protocol to conduct investigations ...

No age group is free from risk though...

The mobile phone can do a range of things that simulate human interaction. It seduces us into believing ...

A complex relationship among genes, hormones, and social factors can lead to eating disorders in women. New research shows ...

The findings highlight the need for treatment and policies designed to reduce stress in childhood.

It's human nature to want to turn to something for comfort after a bad day.

People whose family life regularly gets in the way of their work are more likely to become emotionally ...

A new study shows that a galaxy’s fertility may depend on galactic “rain.”

Customer satisfaction surveys are common, but companies rarely acknowledge the people who fill them out. A sincere, well-timed ...

Hormonal changes each month, part of the menstrual cycle, can cause women to eat more—a normal, biological occurrence.

Certain molds, such as those that grow on corn, pistachios, and peanuts, produce a deadly carcinogenic toxin that ...

Older couples in a bad marriage – particularly female spouses – have a higher risk for heart disease ...

When the Spanish flu hit in 1918, it hit hard and fast."This has all sorts of implications for ...

New research untangles Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-American subgroups from overall alcohol use data about Hispanics.

A new study shows that offering daily before-school, aerobic activities to younger at-risk children could help reduce the ...

College students who join the campus gym during their freshman and sophomore years tend to have higher GPAs ...

When it comes to musical ability, nature works in tandem with nurture, according to new research.