“Is money important?” my 3-year-old asked this week. I answered truthfully with a hearty “Yes.” I explained it to her simply, telling her that we need money to pay for our house and our food and her ballet class.
Dieters are a focused bunch: they calculate calories, sugar and fat content and conscientiously ask for salad dressing on the side. Right? Not exactly. According to a new study, dieters actually tend to make snap judgments about the healthfulness of food based solely on its label, instead of its ingredients.
Moms-to-be have a lot to worry about while they’re expecting, especially since everything they’re exposed to has a chance of affecting their developing baby.
—DEMI LOVATO, 18, actress and singer, on finding out that she has bipolar disorder. Lovato tells People Magazine that she was first diagnosed with the disorder several months ago, while undergoing treatment for anorexia, bulimia and cutting. Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has also recently acknowledged suffering from bipolar 2. [via People]
(Updated) On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it had sent warning letters to four makers of hand sanitizing products that claim to prevent infection from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
As stoners toke today, April 20 — on what has become an unofficial holiday celebrating all things marijuana-related — there’s good news and bad for those who smoke weed.
Doctors have long known that preterm birth increases children’s risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but now a new study of more than a million children in Sweden strengthens the association.
The Obama administration announced on Tuesday a new initiative to reduce prescription painkiller misuse and overdose, a problem that has become the leading cause of accidental death in 17 states, surpassing car accidents — and killing more than 28,000 people annually.
Drop in motorcyclist deaths in 2010 — to about 4,376 — the second straight year of decline, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. However, the decrease was much smaller than that of 2009 (16%) and was concentrated only in the first half of the year. The GHSA notes also that riders' use of helmets [...]
Viewers of The Biggest Loser would probably agree that watching the weight-loss show fills them with inspiration. Seeing the obese contestants struggle should motivate us to eat better, exercise and lose weight too. Turns out, however, that premise is only half right — at least according to a new study that finds that people may [...]
