TIME.com
Articles from Contributor
Take the Dr. Oz/TIME Poll: How Healthy Are You?
TIME magazine has partnered with Dr. Oz to find out more about America’s health habits. The results of our poll will be featured on a special episode of The Dr. Oz Show, airing on Jan. 4, 2011. Click here to take the poll …
Are Women Less Competitive than Men? Explaining the Gender Gap
Over at Curious Capitalist, our colleague Steve Gandel explores an intriguing explanation for the persistent income gap between the genders: When it comes to competitiveness, women just don’t stack up.
Who’s Too Posh to Push? High Cesarean Section Rates Aren’t Moms’ Fault
The number of women opting to deliver by caesarean section in the U.K. has doubled since 1980, a phenomenon that has been popularly attributed to women being “too posh to push.”
Clues to the Genetic Roots of ADHD
Too much soda, candy and bad parenting have been cleared of full blame for children’s hyperactivity and uncontrollable behavior — at least according to a new study that has identified certain genetic abnormalities associated with ADHD.
How the First Nine Months Shape the Rest of Your Life
In this week’s TIME cover story, author Annie Murphy Paul writes: “What makes us the way we are? Why are some people predisposed to be anxious, overweight or asthmatic? How is it that some of us are prone to heart attacks, …
How Much Happiness Can Money Buy? About $75,000 Worth
People say money doesn’t make you happy. Except, according to a new study by Princeton University researchers, it actually sort of does — at least up to about $75,000 a year. In an article published on Time.com on Monday, Belinda Luscombe reports: “The lower a person’s income falls below that benchmark, the unhappier he or she
…
Understanding the Frightened Mind
When you’re scared, do you find yourself frozen stiff or trying to escape?
Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and GlaxoSmithKline say they’ve uncovered the neural switch that regulates between an active or …
Wellness is on summer break!
Time.com’s Wellness blog is going on a two-week hiatus. Check back with us when we’re back online on Monday, Aug. 9. Thanks for reading!
Study: parenting style can rein in teen drinking
It’s one of the epically frustrating truths of family life — and the plot point that starts a thousand teen movies: parents have very little say over whether or not their teen children decide to do stuff. Especially stuff that might hurt them, like drinking alcohol or playing dangerous ball games.
But a new study from Brigham …
A swinger’s risk of sexually transmitted infections
As well as skeeving us all out, swingers — couples who regularly swap partners at organized parties or clubs — may have rates of sexually transmitted infection (STI) that are higher than those in high-risk groups, like female prostitutes, a Dutch study found. Middle-aged swingers, over the age of 45, were particularly vulnerable to …
Study: morning-after pill doesn’t reduce unwanted pregnancy
When the emergency contraception—or the morning-after pill—became available to adult women without prescription in the U.S. in 2006, it predictably whipped up a public health controversy. Some commentators said it would encourage unprotected sex and raise the rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The Food and Drug …
Beverage makers voluntarily cut soda sales to schools
Even former President Bill Clinton, not always the model of healthy eating, admitted he was surprised by the results of a three-year program to remove full-calorie soft drinks from schools. At a press conference in New York City on Monday, Clinton announced that since 2006, 88% fewer beverage calories were shipped to U.S. elementary, …
