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Common brands of apple juice and grape juice, which American children swig by the gallons, may have levels of arsenic that are high enough to increase the risk of chronic illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease over time, according to a new Consumer Reports (CR) investigation.
Number of times a day, college men think about sex — significantly less than the oft-cited every-seven-seconds figure — according to a new study led by Terri Fisher, a psychology professor at Ohio State University at Mansfield. In the study of 283 undergrads, men also reported thinking about food 18 times a day and sleep [...]
Almost 40% of kids attempting suicide make their first try in middle or even elementary school, according to research that suggests that kids who think they want to kill themselves are considering it long before previously assumed.
Dr. Conrad Murray, convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison, the maximum sentence for the crime.
Coaches value players who have their head in the game, but a new study finds that may not be the healthiest thing for soccer players. Those who head the ball most frequently, the study showed, had damage in brain areas similar to that seen in people with concussion.
On the whole, I’m assuming that studies in the academic journal Fertility and Sterility — which include chart-toppers like “Are varicoceles associated with increased deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation?” — don’t receive a whole lot of media attention. But a recent article that raised the question of whether WiFi-enabled laptops might be frying men’s sperm proved to [...]
Estimated percentage of Americans with HIV who have their infections under control. That means that nearly three-quarters of the 1.2 million people in the U.S. with HIV are not getting adequate medicines to lower their levels of virus enough to stay healthy and prevent transmission to others. Part of the problem is that 20% of [...]
Some parents take their children to “pox parties” to expose them to the chickenpox virus and encourage immunity. Health experts suggest just vaccinating your kids instead.
More than 8% of children in foster care have received antipsychotic medication, and just over one quarter of those in foster care who also receive disability benefits take these drugs, according to a recent study in the journal Pediatrics.
Creative people think “outside the box,” a gift of psychological flexibility that, it turns out, may also apply to their ethics, according to the latest research from the American Psychological Association. Creative types, in other words, may be more likely to cheat.
