Women with bacterial vaginosis are at 60% higher risk of contracting the human immunosuppressant virus (HIV) than women without the infection, according to the findings of a study just released from the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill’s School…

Men and women living with a partner in mid-life are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of age-related dementia, according to researchers presenting their study to colleagues at the 2008  Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease,…

Recent news reports have told us to beware those trendy granite countertops installed in kitchens across America but those stories are based on junk science, according to the Marble Institute of America (MIA). And the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…

The myth of the male mid-life crisis has been dispelled by a transatlantic team of researchers comparing degrees of happiness throughout the adult lives of men and women.  It seems 20-something men are saddest but the 40s bring feelings of…

The dangers of an overdose of prescription medications made headlines around the world when the 28-year-old Australian actor, Heath Ledger, died last January.  A team of sociologists in California have just released the findings of an extensive study in which…

With 65% or more of the adults in the United States tipping the scales at the overweight (or beyond) point, losing excess weight and keeping it off is a mission most of us wish we could accomplish.  It’s common knowledge…

We need less sleep as we get older, according to a report released this week in Current Biology. The report found that healthy older adults sleep less even when they have the opportunity for more sleep. The study’s authors attribute…

Mothers who smoke cigarettes during pregnancy double their children’s chances of developing asthma before their fourth birthdays. And the more a pregnant mother smoked, the higher her child’s chance of developing asthma in the first few years of life. Smoking…

Reporting from the Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, Missouri, Pablo F. Soto, MD, says older hearts can work like younger hearts when training at the endurance level of physical activity.

Soto’s research team enlisted six men and six…

A general assumption is that fructose means fruit and most of us don’t worry about getting too much sugar from our fruits because we just don’t eat them very often.    We may be getting an overload of fructose without even…

Even though leading brands of many favorite laundry and household products tout claims of smelling like a pine forest, fresh ocean breezes, and springtime mornings doesn’t mean there’s any trace whatsoever, in the container, of the actual scent being described. …

Granite countertops are increasingly popular in modern kitchens.  They’re so popular, in fact, that more than 900 kinds of granite are known to be commercially available in the US residential construction market.  Granite sold for countertops in the US comes…

Nobody knows for sure, but caution is recommended, according to a report released this week by the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.
While the jury is still out, some recent studies have suggested a possible link between certain types of benign tumors and…

Groin injuries are a classic schtick when it comes to slapstick comedy but when they come to a young boy’s real injury, it’s just not a laughing matter, according to Dr. Anthony Atala.  Atala has just released some recommendations for…