Telephobia is the fear and avoidance of phone conversations, and it’s common among people with anxiety. A survey of office workers found that three-quarters of millennials have anxious thoughts when their phones ring. For three of every five millennials, these anxious thoughts cause them to completely avoid phone calls. Interestingly, in recent years we have […]

A new study shows that gardening can reduce the risk of developing serious illnesses, including cancer and mental health disorders. In the study, published in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder recruited almost 300 adults who had not gardened before, gave them an introductory gardening course, and allocated […]

Data from a new study published by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics shows that the number of births in the U.S. has continued to drop, continuing a trend spanning the last five decades. Researchers found that 52 percent of women between the ages of 15 to 44 gave birth between 2015 to 2019, […]

Doctors often treat men with erectile dysfunction, or ED, with medications called phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors, such as Viagra and Cialis. These drugs help relax smooth muscles in the blood vessel walls, leading to increased blood flow to the area. In a new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, researchers at the Huntington […]

Globally, about 6 million people die from sudden cardiac arrest. Over the last five years, European researchers have been collecting data on sudden cardiac arrests to improve their treatment and prevention. In a series of studies from that research, they have shown that despite the common perception that sudden cardiac arrest happens without warning, people […]

Procrastination doesn’t just hurt your productivity and performance. It also negatively affects your health. In a new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, Swedish researchers recruited over 3,500 college students to determine the relationship between procrastination and poor mental and physical health. They compared students with a greater tendency to procrastinate with students […]

Retiring early could actually worsen your health, according to a new study published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York studied participants in a voluntary pension program in China and concluded that early retirement may accelerate cognitive decline in late adulthood. On one hand, early […]

A new study shows that children who don’t get enough sleep tend to consume more calories, especially calories from unhealthy foods. In the study, presented at The International Congress on Obesity, researchers from New Zealand analyzed data on over 100 8- to 12-year-old kids. The children went to bed an hour earlier than normal for […]

Male pattern hair loss is the most common form of hair loss in men, sometimes occurring as early as the late teens or early adulthood. By age 35, nearly two-thirds of men will have some form of hair loss. In a new study published in the journal Nutrients, Chinese researchers determined that participants with male […]

Obesity affects nearly 20% of kids and teens in this country. New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that physicians treat obesity in children aggressively from an early age, including medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13. The authors of the guidelines argue that delaying […]