Unlike Women, Depressed Guys More Likely to Turn Into Couch Potatoes
Young men who experience depression early in life may be especially vulnerable to becoming sedentary later, choosing to spend long hours each day online or watching television instead of engaged in...
View ArticlePainkiller Deaths Top Heroin, Cocaine Combined
More than 16,000 people in the United States and Canada died in 2010 due to commonly prescribed painkillers—more than the number of deaths by overdose from heroin and cocaine combined. In a...
View ArticleObesity Could Trim Up to 8 Years Off Life
A new computer model shows how much being overweight or obese can decrease a person’s life expectancy. “…Our team has developed a computer model to help doctors and their patients better understand how...
View ArticleControlling Obesity With Potato Extract
Take a look in your pantry: the miracle ingredient for fighting obesity may already be there. A simple potato extract may limit weight gain from a diet that is high in fat and refined carbohydrates,...
View ArticleMusic Cuts Across Cultures
Whether you are a Pygmy in the Congolese rainforest or a hipster in downtown Montreal, certain aspects of music will touch you in exactly the same ways. A team of researchers from McGill, Technische...
View ArticleParasitic Whipworm Comes in 3 Varieties
A known species of parasite that affects about 600 million people worldwide is not just one worm. New research finds there are actually three genetically distinct groups of the Trichuris trichiura...
View ArticleHow Maple Syrup Could Improve Antibiotics
A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to laboratory experiments. The findings, which will appear in the journal Applied and...
View ArticleDoes Withdrawal Actually Make Addiction Worse?
One of the major challenges of cocaine addiction is the high rate of relapse after periods of withdrawal and abstinence. But new research reveals that changes in DNA during drug withdrawal may offer...
View ArticleIs This Phthalate Alternative Actually Safer?
A common plasticizer called DINCH—found in products that come into close contact with humans, such as medical devices, children’s toys, and food packaging—might not be as safe as initially thought....
View ArticleShould Doctors Skip the Soap for Some Wounds?
Cleaning wounds before surgery with soap and water is actually less effective than using saline water, report researchers. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, could lead to...
View Article45% of Antidepressants Aren’t Taken for Depression
Antidepressant use in North America has jumped in the last two decades, perhaps because doctors are increasingly prescribing them for conditions other than depression, like anxiety, pain, and insomnia....
View ArticleVitamin D Linked to Lower Body Fat in Toddlers
Vitamin D in the first year of life may help children gain muscle mass and avoid excess body fat as toddlers, say researchers who were surprised to discover the link. They were initially interested in...
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