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Just because it’s the holidays doesn’t mean the complexities of family dynamics disappear. These five tips can help ...

A new app could help you avoid ticks and the risk of contracting Lyme disease. “We don’t want ...

Optimistic people may contribute to the health of their partners, research finds. The study, with 4,500 heterosexual couples, ...

The common sunscreen ingredient benzophenone-3, also known as oxybenzone or BP-3, can play a role in the development ...

Small distractions can have serious consequences for people deprived of sleep, according to the largest experimentally controlled study ...

A common bacterium found in improperly cooked chicken can cause Guillain-Barré Syndrome, or GBS, the world's leading cause ...

You don't have to be a naturally mindful person to reap the emotional benefits of meditation. When researchers ...

Riding a roller coaster helps patients pass kidney stones with nearly a 70 percent success rate, research shows. ...

A new study offers some of the most conclusive evidence to date that intelligence is linked to chess ...

Older adults enjoy using Facebook, email, instant messaging, and other forms of social media—and doing so may even ...

New research provides some of the most conclusive evidence to date of fathers' importance to children's outcomes. The ...

A mother's own eating habits—and whether she views her child as a picky eater—has the most significant impact ...

Until now, many developing nations—where counterfeit medicines are a real problem—haven't had a standard protocol to conduct investigations ...

Younger teenagers are at higher risk of becoming dependent on prescription drugs within a year of when they ...

People who swap electronic interaction for the real-life human kind find little if any satisfaction, a new study ...

A complex relationship among genes, hormones, and social factors can lead to eating disorders in women. New research shows ...

Stress in childhood may be a significant factor for women's weight gain, a new study suggests. In fact, ...

People who act impulsively in response to negative emotions are at greater risk of binge eating, according to ...

People whose family life regularly gets in the way of their work are more likely to become emotionally ...

A new study shows that a galaxy’s fertility may depend on galactic “rain.”

Customer satisfaction surveys are common, but companies rarely acknowledge the people who fill them out. A sincere, well-timed ...

Hormonal changes each month, part of the menstrual cycle, can cause women to eat more—a normal, biological occurrence. ...

Certain molds, such as those that grow on corn, pistachios, and peanuts, produce a deadly carcinogenic toxin that ...

Older couples in a bad marriage – particularly female spouses – have a higher risk for heart disease ...

The 1918 influenza virus killed 50 million people worldwide, and now scientists are hoping to apply the lessons ...

New research untangles Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-American subgroups from overall alcohol use data about Hispanics. The study indicates ...

A new study shows that offering daily before-school, aerobic activities to younger at-risk children could help reduce the ...