Are Smokers Today More Addicted Than in the Past?
Smokers today may be more strongly influenced by genetic predispositions than in generations past, and that may be making it harder for them to quit, a new study suggests.
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Why Are Women More Vulnerable to Broken Hearts?
Women are a lot more likely to suffer a broken heart than men, researchers say. The good news is that it probably won’t kill you.
Healthier School Lunches? No Thank You, Says Congress
Is pizza with tomato sauce a vegetable? Apparently yes, according to Congress, which on Monday blocked legislation that would have made school lunches healthier.
Study: Another Reason to Keep the Drinking Age at 21
Young women who came of age in the late 1960s and ’70s, when many states had lowered their legal drinking ages to under 21, remained at higher risk of suicide and homicide into adulthood, a new study finds.
Study: A Curious Link Between Birth Control Pills and Prostate Cancer
Could women’s use of birth control pills increase men’s risk of prostate cancer? A new study in the medical journal BMJ Open suggests there’s a link, finding that countries where more women take oral contraception have higher …
Is Information Overload Making Us Depressed?
Over on TIME Ideas, Dr. Andrew Weil is prescribing a diet of a different kind.
First Human Heart Stem Cell Trial Shows Promise
(Updated) For the first time, doctors were able to improve heart function and reverse tissue damage in heart failure patients, using stem cells taken from the patients’ own heart tissue.
Study: Religious Folks Have a Sunnier Outlook
In the latest study to link church-going with well-being, researchers find that people who attend religious services regularly are more optimistic and less depressed than their non-religious peers.
Picking Up Brain Activity and Conciousness in Vegetative Patients
A cheap, portable device may be able to pick up signs of consciousness in patients who have been diagnosed to be in an unresponsive, vegetative state.
Drug Based on Cancer Treatment Shows Promise for Weight Loss
An experimental drug developed from cancer research showed early promise in a study of weight loss, researchers report, causing fat monkeys to shed an average 11% of their body weight after just a month of treatment.
What Teen Sex on “Glee” Really Teaches Kids
On Tuesday night, one of television’s most recognizable gay characters, Kurt on Glee, lost his virginity. In doing so, he taught a lot of teens about sex.
Fatherhood Helps Men Cut Back on Drinking, Smoking and Crime
It’s not news that becoming a parent changes everything. But a new study suggests that fatherhood’s transformative power is responsible for new dads’ decreased rates of tobacco and alcohol use and crime.
Judge Suspends FDA’s Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels
A federal judge has suspended a government plan to require tobacco companies to display graphic anti-smoking warning labels on their cigarette packs by next fall, citing a violation of the First Amendment.