If the popularity of bridal “boot camps” and shows like Shedding for the Wedding are any indication, losing weight for the wedding day ranks high on women’s lists of pre-nuptial tasks. So much so that the term brideorexia (a …
Love & Relationships
Dogs: A (Neurotic) Man’s Best Friend
Dogs may really be man‘s best friend — at least if that can be measured by how often dogs approach their male owners, compared with their female owners. The closest relationships appear to be between neurotic men and their …
Ginseng + Saffron = Good Sex? Aphrodisiacs Found in Common Spices
Improving sexual function and desire is a pretty lucrative, albeit pricey, industry. But what if spicing up your love life were a lot cheaper and as simple as opening up your kitchen cabinet or heading to a health-foods store?
How Many Patients Spread Herpes, But Don’t Even Know They Have It?
Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the world. In the U.S., it affects 16% of the adult U.S. population, even more among young adults and college students. But given …
The Case for Letting Your Partner’s Eye Wander
Just ask Eve. There’s nothing so desirable as the one thing you’re not allowed to have. Which is why a new study suggests that if your partner’s got a wandering eye, you might be better off letting him (or her) enjoy it.
Why Medical Records Should Include Patients’ Sexual Orientation
Many factors that can affect a person’s medical needs and risks — like age, race and income — are included in studies of health, but others like sexual orientation and gender identity are not. Now a new report from the …
Global Spread: More People Think ‘Fat People Are Lazy’
Thin may be the American ideal, but that view appears to have gone global, a new study finds.
Study: How Well Do You Know Your Best Friend?
How often do you fight with your best friend? Your answer is likely related to how well you know her “triggers” — the things that really set her off.
Healthland’s Top 10 Health and Science Twitter Feeds
Of course, we think Healthland has the most happening Twitter feed around, but there’s a whole other world of worthwhile tweeting from the science and health community that we think is too good to miss. In celebration of the …
‘Paradise Built in Hell:’ How Disaster Brings Out the Best in People
In her 2009 book, A Paradise Built in Hell, author Rebecca Solnit describes how in the aftermath of natural and man-made disasters — such as the one unfolding in Japan — human beings tend to respond by banding together, not …
Study: Baldness Drug May Lead to Long-Term Sexual Dysfunction
The prescription drug finasteride, marketed as Propecia and Proscar by Merck, may cause side effects like low libido and inability to orgasm in men who use the medication to battle hair loss, and those symptoms may persist even …
Pretty Boys: Plastic Surgery Isn’t Just for Women Anymore
What economic downturn? According to the latest figures, the rate of plastic surgery procedures is not only back on the upswing, but the surgeries are becoming increasingly popular among men.
The 3-Year Itch: Are You Already Sick of Your Spouse?
We’ve heard of movie-promoting stunts before, but commissioning scientific research? That’s what the studio did in time for the U.K. release of Hall Pass, a comedy about a couple of middle-aged guys who score a one-week …