A surprisingly high percentage of men are insecure about their appearance, according to a survey of 2,000 adult men conducted by OnePoll with L’Oreal Paris. The researchers found that on average, men feel insecure about their looks three times a week. The most common worries were gray hair – which half of the men surveyed […]

Drinking coffee might lower your risk of mortality, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers analyzed more than 170,000 participants. They got a baseline assessment of participants’ coffee consumption, including whether they drank sugar-sweetened, artificially sweetened, or unsweetened coffee, and then followed them for seven years looking at all-cause […]

Many adults think that moderate drinking is safe, but a new study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine suggests that binge drinking, even occasionally, might lead to numerous health consequences. Researchers followed 1,300 drinkers over nine years. They found that women drinking an average of more than one drink a day and men […]

Consuming foods and drinks with high fructose corn syrup could cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society. High fructose corn syrup is found in soda and candy and has previously been linked to obesity and diabetes. The new research is based on data […]

Adults who sleep with a partner or spouse tend to sleep better than those who sleep alone. In a new study published in the journal Sleep, researchers at the University of Arizona collected data from over 1,000 adults. They found that people who slept next to their partner most nights reported less fatigue, less severe […]

A new study shows that a once-a-week medication for diabetes helps people lose weight. In the study, published in the The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers tested the drug Tirzepatide, which is sold under the brand name Mounjaro. Tirzepatide was recently approved by the FDA to treat type 2 diabetes. Researchers studied over 2,500 […]

Over the last decade, the number of kids poisoned by melatonin has skyrocketed over 500 percent. In a new study published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers collected data on more than 260,000 children poisoned by melatonin from 2012 to 2021. Poisonings from the popular sleep supplement soared from about 8,300 in […]

Living close to nature appears to lower your risk of depression and improve your brain function. In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers from several universities, including Harvard and Boston University, collected data from almost 14,000 women with an average age of just over 60. They measured attention, learning, working memory, and […]

Roughly 60 percent of young children in this country attend some kind of formal child care or daycare program, for an average of around 30 hours a week. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics shows that most of those kids are not getting enough exercise there. Researchers observed 96 child care centers and […]

Children growing up in a family with strong family bonds have a good chance of thriving later in life. In a new study published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers at Columbia University surveyed over 37,000 children between the ages of 11 and 13 in 26 countries. They found that adolescents who reported having a great […]