January 13, 2015 Fast Food Makes Us Impatient, Study Suggests Over the last few decades fast food has become a multibillion dollar industry that has widespread influence on what and how we eat, the researchers say.
January 13, 2015 To Eat Less, Imagine Every Bite Craving a candy bar? Dive right into your fantasy of eating every chocolaty bite. New research suggests such detailed imagery could actually help you eat less
January 13, 2015 Healthy But Lonely People Head to Hospital During Holidays While many patients empty out of a hospital ward as Christmas approaches, some arrive. They are often the lonely ones, the ailing grandparents who don't fit into a family's holiday or those who simply have no one with whom to celebrate, a doctor writes in an essay on the epidemic of loneliness that haunts the holidays
January 13, 2015 'Mindfulness' Therapy Works for Depression Meditating daily and being mindful of life events that make you happy or sad may be as effective as taking medication to prevent a relapse of depression, a new study suggests
January 13, 2015 Could 'Love Hormone' Oxytocin Cure Our Ills? In recent years, we've been bombarded with studies about the hormone oxytocin - researchers have demonstrated it increases trust and helps aid in social bonding. It has even garnered a reputation as the "love hormone." But what good is it for?
January 13, 2015 New Secret to Building Muscle Revealed: Pump Less Iron No need to strain yourself with back-breaking weight-lifting sessions involving heavy barbells. Muscle mass can be achieved just as successfully using small weights, a new study shows.
January 13, 2015 Obese Employees Take More Sick Leave Obese people take more time off work for illness than their slimmer counterparts, a new study suggests, adding perhaps more incentive for employers to combat expanding waistlines in the workplace.
January 13, 2015 Bottled vs. Brewed: Study Reveals Healthiest Teas But a new study suggests, if you're looking for high doses of healthful antioxidants, you might be better off brewing your tea at home.
January 13, 2015 Genes May Overpower Diet in Battle of the Bulge Weight gain is not just the result of an overly rich diet or genes that predispose someone to store fat, mounting research suggests. Rather, studies implicate a third, and more complex, factor the interaction between our genes and what we eat.
January 13, 2015 Why Do Fingers Get Pruney When Wet? An Evolutionary Wrinkle! Why do our fingers and toes get pruney when they're wet? For a long time, people assumed it happened for no particular reason — that our skin simply soaks up water like a sponge in a random pattern. However, showing once again that few evolved traits are useless, recent research has revealed wet-induced wrinkles' deeper purpose
