Healthy Living

Dinner with TV may be a recipe for less healthy meals

Families that eat dinner with the TV on tend to eat less healthy food and to enjoy the meals less than families who leave the TV off, according to a recent U.S. study.

15 ways to take better care of your body so you can live forever

We want our bodies to last as long as possible and to perform as well as they can during that time.

Anti-abortion Poland offers payments for disabled newborns

Polish lawmakers approved a plan Friday to pay a bonus to families whose child is born disabled - part of a policy aimed at curbing the number of abortions.

Mom says childbirth sparked 3-week-long orgasmic sensation

A midwife in the U.K. claims that natal hypnobirthing helped her experience pain-free labor and an orgasmic sensation for up to three weeks after the birth of each of her four children.

Chinese medicine technique may offer some relief in perimenopause

A Chinese medicine technique using a smooth-edged instrument to scrape or rub certain areas of the body may relieve troublesome symptoms women experience in the years leading up to menopause, according to a new study.

More US middle school students dying of suicide than car crashes

The suicide rate among U.S. middle school students doubled from 2007 to 2014, surpassing for the first time the incidence of youngsters aged 10 to 14 who died in car crashes, a federal report released on Thursday said.

Trauma burden and services not equally distributed across US

The more surgical trauma centers there are in an area, the lower death rates tend to be, according to a study that finds the density of trauma centers varies widely by state.

Stronger muscles may mean sharper minds for kids

Making sure kids have good muscle fitness might also benefit their school performance, according to a recent U.S. study.

Weight loss surgery may reduce risk of developing gout

Obese people who have weight loss surgeries like gastric bypass are much less likely than those who don't have surgery to develop gout, a painful type of arthritis, according to a Swedish study.

The effects of Zika on babies' brains go beyond microcephaly, report finds

A new report highlights the range of damage Zika infection can cause a developing fetus.