About six percent of children under three suffers from a food allergy, and close to 2% are allergic to peanuts.
Have Trouble Paying Bills? Could Be a Sign of Alzheimer’s
When it comes to Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, an inability to pay bills and understand contracts are often among the first red flags—so much so that the Alzheimer’s Association officially listed confusion over …
Glass Ceiling Not Always Bad? Only 3 of Top Pharma-Earning Docs Are Women
Want to avoid seeing a doctor who earns big bucks from drug companies? You might want to choose a female physician, if the statistics from ProPublica’s investigation of the doctors who earn the most money in consulting and …
The Most Dangerous Drugs? Alcohol, Heroin and Crack — in That Order
How often does life really imitate art? Let’s imagine that a writer has been commissioned to develop a comedic screenplay about the deeply serious business of how to classify and control drugs.
Analyzing Eggs and their Genetic Junk Offers Clues to Fertility
We know that egg + sperm = baby, but the nitty-gritty of how women get pregnant is largely a mystery. Now researchers at Brown University have discovered a new way to gather more information about egg cells: by sifting through …
Keep Saving Daylight: An Argument Against Turning the Clocks Back
On Nov. 7, Americans will once again set our clocks back from Daylight Saving Time. But why? Why wouldn’t we want to save daylight all year around?
Can an iPhone App Save Your Marriage?
Smartphones are very useful if you’re dating. They’re almost essential if you’re having an affair. They have handy apps for planning weddings and trying to conceive. They even offer sex tips. But can they help out on the real …
I Know the Truth, So Don’t Bother Me With Facts
Global warming is a hoax! Climate change, like autism, is actually caused by vaccines, typically administered by Apollo astronauts who didn’t really land on the moon. Oh, and President Obama was born in Kenya. These, at least, …
5 Ways to Get Oatmeal in Your Diet, Deliciously
It’s National Oatmeal Day, which can only be a good thing: the breakfast food helps lower cholesterol and is high in fiber, low in fat and packs in vitamins A, B, calcium and iron. And all that soluble fiber means that oatmeal …
California’s Whooping Cough Epidemic Hits Latino Babies Hardest
An old disease, pertussis or whooping cough, reemerged this summer in California and crept into the Pacific Northwest. At least one infectious disease expert explained the epidemic by calling the region the “epicenter of vaccine …
Marijuana as a Gateway Drug: The Myth That Will Not Die
Of all the arguments that have been used to demonize marijuana, few have been more powerful than that of the “gateway effect”: the notion that while marijuana itself may not be especially dangerous, it ineluctably leads to harder …
The Strange Link Between Winning Elections and Online Porn
A husband and wife research team may have discovered a novel way to make college kids care about politics. According to their research, online porn usage goes up in states that voted for winning candidates after elections.
Controlling Your World With a Single Neuron
Your brain is a busy place. How busy? Consider that everyday, 100 billion neurons punch in for work and they’re all linked to one another in trillions upon trillions of ways.