Everyone knows there are some very serious risks associated with smoking cigarettes and the risks affect the baby a woman carries when she chooses to smoke during pregnancy. A recent study, funded by the Centers …

The value of a good night’s sleep is becoming more and more evident as studies increasingly identify health risks associated with a lack of sleep. Several recent studies have shown how sleep deprivation leads to …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends one hour of moderate-intensity activity every day during childhood although children today follow a lifestyle much more sedentary than ever before. Researchers at the University of …

That’s according to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a federally funded, diary-based study of family dynamics conducted by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. They’ve been tracking household labor since 1968.

Survey findings released this week dispel the commonly held fantasy that satisfactory sex requires a significant time commitment. The survey, conducted at Penn State by the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, revealed that satisfactory …

Researchers for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reported the findings of a study that identifies more than 90,000 infants who were neglected or received poor parental care during their first …

Just as most of the rest of us have, two doctors at the University of Pennsylvania have always heard that we need to drink eight glasses containing eight ounces of water every day for optimum …

It’s seemed such a mystery why some cigarette smokers develop lung cancer while others smoke all their lives and never develop the disease. Researchers studying the human genome may have finally solved that mystery.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that the agency is evaluating available data for a potential link between some serious issues involving mood changes and behavior affecting patients who take Singulair (montelukast) …

It’s true! Researchers in Australia included the study of personality, as well as environment and genetics, in a four-year study of the factors involved with myopia. Also called nearsightedness or short-sightedness, people with …