(Melinda Wenner Moyer/ New York Times) — There are a handful of things in this world I’m extremely thankful for, yet also quite grossed out by. Public bathrooms are one of them. (Also: colonoscopies.) My disgust peaks around this time of year, when everyone around me seems to be coughing or sneezing or both — sometimes in the next stall. …
(Sandee LaMotte/ CNN) — Hey, sleepyheads. What you believe about sleep may be nothing but a pipe dream.
Many of us have notions about sleep that have little basis in fact and may even be harmful to our health, according to researchers at NYU Langone Health’s School of Medicine, who conducted a study published last Tuesday in the journal …
(Cillian O’Brien/ CTV News) — People who eat just moderate amounts of red and processed meat are still at risk of bowel cancer, according to a new study.
Scientists found that colorectal cancer risk rose 20 per cent with every 25 grams of processed meat people ate per day, equivalent to a strip of bacon or slice of ham.
Those who ate …
(Robert Preidt/ HealthDay) — Privacy curtains in hospital rooms might offer patients some personal dignity, but they can also harbor dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria.
That’s the claim of a new study where researchers took more than 1,500 samples from privacy curtains in 625 rooms at six skilled nursing facilities in Michigan. …
(Juna Xu/ Body and Soul) — Weight loss is 80 per cent diet and 20 per cent exercise, right? Well, that’s where we’re wrong. According to a world first study published in the journal Obesity, abs aren’t made in the kitchen, and in actual fact, physical activity actually does more to maintain substantial weight loss than diet.
Researchers …
(Megan Benedictson/ CTV News) — A new test designed by researchers with the University of Manitoba could help ensure patients suffering from debilitating mood disorders don’t end up with a treatment that makes matters worse.
The diagnostic test is simple and involves sitting in a chair with electrodes that measure electrical …
(Arti Patel/ Global News) — A lot more children and teens are going to the hospital with suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts, a new study suggests.
Published in JAMA Pediatrics earlier this week, researchers found these rates had doubled between 2007 and 2015.
Speaking with CNN, Dr. Brett Burstein, lead study author and a pediatric …
(Olivia Rosane/ EcoWatch) — A major genetic study has concluded that there is no healthy level of alcohol consumption, at least when it comes to stroke risk.
The study, published in The Lancet Thursday, contradicts some previous research suggesting that drinking one to two glasses a day might protect against stroke, though other studies …
(Rachael Rettner/ Live Science) — There’s some good and bad news about vitamins and minerals: The good news is that intake of certain vitamins and minerals is linked with a lower risk of early death. The bad news is that this link is seen only when those nutrients come from food, not supplements, according to a new study.
“Our …
(James Adonis/ Sydney Morning Herald) — In my younger years, when conversations with colleagues were a lot less professional, it was not uncommon to hear a very specific comment whispered about an otherwise cranky manager who arrived at work surprisingly jolly. “Must have gotten some last night,” they’d mutter in jest.
Highly inappropriate, …