Mind and Body - Page 75

October 28, 2015

How Does the Winter Weather Affect Your Sex Life?

While it's no secret winter weather can give you the blues — a new poll also shows there are pleasures to be had amid all this snow and ice

October 28, 2015

Doctors track patients' mood, social life to manage illness

Many medical conditions significantly affect the quality of a patient's emotional and social life, which often isn't apparent from physical measurements and lab tests alone. Now, more doctors are inquiring about their patients' pain and difficulty accomplishing everyday activities

October 28, 2015

Sleep apnea can raise risk of cancer, studies indicate

Two new studies indicate that people who suffer sleep apnea have a higher risk of developing cancer

October 28, 2015

Past Medical Testing on Humans Revealed

Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, squirting a pandemic flu virus up the noses of prisoners in Maryland, and injecting cancer cells into chronically ill people at a New York hospital

October 28, 2015

NY Seeks to Ban Sugary Drinks From Food Stamp Buys

Food stamp benefits may become much less sweet with a ban on sugar-sweetened drinks proposed Thursday

October 28, 2015

Why we pair up with our emotional opposites and how to make it work

Of all the ways that opposites attract, the thorniest may be when emotionally giving types pair up with types who are emotionally reserved

October 28, 2015

Mindfulness Therapy No Help in Fibromyalgia Trial

A program aimed at easing stress with meditation and yoga may not be much help for people with the chronic-pain condition fibromyalgia, a recent study suggests

October 28, 2015

Marijuana and your health: What 20 years of research reveals

People who drive under the influence of marijuana double their risk of being in a car crash, and about one in 10 daily marijuana users becomes dependent on the drug, according to a new review.

October 28, 2015

Are tumors fueled by stem cells?

How can a cancer come back after it's apparently been eradicated? Three new studies are bolstering a long-debated idea: that tumors contain their own pool of stem cells that can multiply and keep fueling the cancer, seeding regrowth

October 28, 2015

Man passes out in bathroom, wakes up in hospital with $150,000 bill

After stepping out of the shower and collapsing in his bathroom, one man woke up in the hospital 12 days later – with a $150,000 hospital bill.