It’s the guys.  The young ones, between 18 and 44 years of age.  In 2002, at least 1.2 million men in this age group adopted children but only 613,000 women the same age did.

Americans at the beginning of the current century are consuming fewer alcoholic beverages than their relatives at the beginning of the previous century, according to new data published in the August issue of the American …

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 …

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 …

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 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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …