Are attractive men more selfish?

Are attractive men more selfish? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Last updated: 9 February 2015 at 1am PST 164 Like689 When it comes to attractive men, some women are of the opinion that they are more likely to be selfish. And according to a new study, they may be right. Researchers from Brunel University London in the UK...

Unemployment 'a cause of 45,000 suicides each year'

Unemployment 'a cause of 45,000 suicides each year' (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Last updated: 11 February 2015 at 12am PST 193 Like388 A new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry finds that between 2000 and 2011, unemployment was the cause of approximately 45,000 deaths by suicide around the globe each year, and it accounted for around nine...

Marijuana use could explain excessive daytime sleepiness in some teens

Marijuana use could explain excessive daytime sleepiness in some teens (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Last updated: 15 February 2015 at 12am PST 109 Like381 Narcolepsy - extreme bouts of sleepiness that can strike at any time - affects around 1 in 2,000 people in the US. A new study raises concerns about its diagnosis in adolescents, after...

Healthy diet, exercise 'not enough to treat obesity,' say experts

Healthy diet, exercise 'not enough to treat obesity,' say experts (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Last updated: 13 February 2015 at 1am PST 131 Like339 People who are obese are often told to eat healthier and exercise more in order to lose weight. But in an article recently published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, obesity experts claim...

Going red: raising awareness of heart disease in women

Going red: raising awareness of heart disease in women (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Last updated: 6 February 2015 at 8am PST 93 Like174 Only 1 in 5 American women believe that heart disease is their greatest health threat. However, while another major killer - breast cancer - is responsible for 1 in 31 women dying, heart disease...

The power of love: how relationships benefit body and mind

The power of love: how relationships benefit body and mind (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Last updated: 12 February 2015 at 8am PST 148 Like231 "All you need is love," sang the Beatles. When one considers the widely documented health benefits of being in a happy relationship, they might have been on to something. In this spotlight, we...

Alligator blood may provide basis of wartime anti-infectives

Last updated: 13 February 2015 at 7am PST (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has funded a study into "sophisticated germ fighters" that may protect soldiers in the field from infection. However, these germ busters do not originate from a petri dish or test tube, but somewhere altogether more dangerous. The source? Alligator blood....

Cancer care 'rated more highly' if patients can share decisions

Last updated: 14 February 2015 at 12am PST (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Decision-making controlled by doctors leads to poorer ratings from cancer patients on the quality of their care and physician communication, a survey reveals. It shows that reaching decisions in a shared way with patients is important even for those patients who prefer their doctors to...

New, aggressive form of HIV identified in Cuba

Last updated: Today at 1am PST (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In Cuba, a variant of HIV that is much more aggressive than other known forms of the virus has been documented. Patients infected with this new variant progress to AIDS so rapidly that they may not even know they are infected, with AIDS symptoms occurring within 3...

Menopausal hormone therapy associated with ovarian cancer risk

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A new study has found that use of hormone replacement therapy for the menopause is associated with an increased risk of developing the two most common forms of ovarian cancer, even if it is used for just a few years. Ovarian cancer is the 8th most common cancer among women in the US,...