Parents, shut off your kids’ mobile devices at night and get them out of the room, because a new analysis shows that children with access to smartphones and tablets at night don’t get enough sleep and are groggy during the day – whether they use them or not. [1]
Do you regularly drop $200 on shoes? Is your spouse mad at you for buying a sports car? Do you make 5 trips to the all-you-can-eat buffet? Well, you’re probably selfish. At least, that’s what a new study says.
A new report was issued by the California State Auditor suggesting that too many children in foster care are unnecessarily taking psychotropic drugs, and many without adequate supervision. [1]
The report focused on foster children in California, however, this is more problematic than you might expect, as the state runs the largest foster care system in the United States.
New evidence has shown that vitamin D supplements may actually help reduce the risk of severe asthma attacks, in addition to helping sufferers cut back on steroid treatments.
New research conducted by Columbia University’s Mailman School for Public Health suggests that the availability of medical marijuana may reduce the use of opioid drugs. The study concluded that fewer people were killed in car accidents who tested positive for opioids (even prescription opioids) in states where there was access to medical marijuana than when before laws were passed in each state legalizing its use.
In a new study looking at the effects of a Mediterranean diet on people with poor heart health, the popular diet appeared to help heart patients more than statin drugs.
If you’re a drinker, carving out 2 to 2.5 hours a week to exercise may reduce your risk of dying early from alcohol-related cancer and other health problems.
Not drinking would eliminate that risk, but let’s be realistic.
It’s so cool when science backs up something you’ve known for so long. In this case, a new study by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NICCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows that yoga, acupuncture, and tai chi can be effective at relieving certain types of pain, such as headaches, back pain, and arthritis. [1]
Richard L. Nahin, Ph.D., NCCIH’s lead epidemiologist and lead author of the analysis, says:
Results of a new survey from Public Health England have recently shown that children consume at least double the amount of sugar per day than is recommended, despite government efforts in the United Kingdom to help them kick the habit.
Over the past 16 years, the number of children diagnosed with cancer in the U.K. has shot up 40%, a new study shows; and experts are warning of a cancer “epidemic.”
The reason? Modern life is making people sick.
