Homeopathic manufacturers take advantage of sick and vulnerable populations in criminal ways—and the FDA is, after much absence, starting to crack down.
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Really puts the whole “don’t give up until you’re dead” thing to shame.
The masterminds behind Silicon Valley were doing more than coding.
In his new book, Dying For a Paycheck, Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer says we have to change the workplace environment—now.
But could hackers abscond with your genetic information?
If your BMI is higher than 30, you’re technically obese. These maps show how many people per European country (and U.S. state) suffer from that medical condition.
Could vegetarianism actually lead to a lower quality of life?
How much free will do you actually have? This week’s Comment of the Week is fantastic and raises an interesting debate. What do you think?
When you’re confronted by some new information, how do you tell whether it’s valid or not? “I’m old enough to remember when the polio vaccine was still new. Also, it hadn’t […]
A new meta-analysis of over 800 studies shows that e-cigs are healthier than cigarettes. But the authors don’t give them a clean bill of health.
Scientists can now virtually reconstruction certain long-dead individuals, without the need for DNA samples from physical remains.
Married people even do better during the so-called middle-age slump.
Amid all the troubling stats about flu season, here’s a little bit of positive news from Georgia State University.
In this brave new world, innovative synthetic beverages will be able to deliver all the desirable and none of the negative effects of booze.
The benefits of controlled psilocybin use and spiritual practice on people’s well-being long outlast the high, researchers find.
Some good ones this week. Did you make the cut?
Breakthrough gene therapy allows doctors to replace 80% of an epidermolysis bullosa patient’s skin.
Even underground, there would still be a helicopter hovering overhead
Research points to many social-cognitive, emotional, behavioral and biological benefits that marriage seems to bestow on its participants.
This is the 1st study to show evidence of a relationship between methylation drift and lifespan.
Researchers look into the drug’s association with pronounced optimism.
Around 100 million adults in the United States are affected by chronic pain. What can we do about it?
While the concept of “burning” fat is not altogether wrong, the process of losing fat probably isn’t what you imagine.
A new study of Los Angeles finds that as car emissions are being reduced household chemicals are taking their place as the main cause of air pollution.
More overweight people are no longer trying to lose weight and the health implications are not good.
One type of dog in particular is linked with the lowest rates of cardiovascular disease in their human pals.
We all love the art, but we often forget the difficulty of being an artist. Here are some of the most famous, greatest writers of all time who never could quite make a living doing it.
As NFL linemen keep getting bigger, are they also risking their health? Here’s how the offensive lines of the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles stack up.
Since hope appears to come from a physical place in the brain, scientists are hoping to figure out how it shields the rest of the brain from negativity. Really.
The world’s human population is skyrocketing, creating more competition and suffering. Yet few thinkers address a solution. Is there one?