A new study suggests that mothers with obesity during pregnancy could increase the risk of their children developing cardiac problems in later life. In the study, published in The Journal of Physiology, researchers from the University of Colorado studied pregnant mice and the hearts of each mouse’s fetus. They observed that the hearts of fetuses […]

Numerous studies have looked at the effects of screen time on kids, but a new study offers surprising findings: Playing video games may actually boost a child’s intelligence. In a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers at the Karolinska Institute studied roughly 5,000 children aged 9 and 10 for two years. Each […]

Colonoscopies in younger women can significantly cut their risk of colon cancer, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Oncology. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital analyzed data from over 100,000 U.S. women. They found that women who started colonoscopy screening at age 45 had a 50 to 60 percent lower risk of […]

Studies have shown that using your phone at night can interfere with your sleep, but whether it plays a role in mental health has been difficult to understand. In a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers at the University of Copenhagen analyzed over 250,000 smartphone activities during self-reported sleep periods among over […]

A new study suggests that men in a relationship have more time to exercise, possibly by taking it away from women. In the study, recently published in the Journal of Health and Social Behaviour, Australian researchers collected data from 7,000 households made up of heterosexual couples aged 25 to 64. They analyzed disparities in physical […]

If you take medications for high blood pressure, adding ibuprofen might increase your risk for kidney damage. In a new study published in the journal Mathematical Biosciences, Canadian researchers used computer-simulated drug trials to assess the risk of adding ibuprofen, a popular over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medication, to diuretics and renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, which are common medications […]

Eating only during the day might help you live longer than eating at night, according to the findings of a new study published in the journal Science. Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center gave reduced calorie, low fat, low sugar diets to mice, which extended their lifespan 10 percent. But giving the […]

A new study shows that coffee can raise your cholesterol, but it depends on the type and whether you are male or female. In the study, published in the journal Open Heart, researchers surveyed over 21,000 adults over the age of 40, asking how many daily cups of coffee they drank and what brew type […]

If you have a young child who refuses to eat vegetables, you might consider giving him or her a reward for trying them. In a study presented earlier this month at the European Congress on Obesity, Dutch researchers placed almost 600 children between the ages of 1 and 4 into three groups: exposure to vegetables […]

A new study suggests that what you eat affects your risk of gum disease and maybe your overall health. In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers at the University at Buffalo studied over 1,200 postmenopausal women to see whether carbs, and specifically sugar, affected the bacteria in the mouth and under […]