New research suggests that people who have a REM sleep behavior disorder may be at greater risk of developing Parkinson's disease or dementia in later life. People with REM sleep disorder have excessive body activity such as punching, kicking, or ...

Maintaining healthy blood sugar levels may be important not just for people with diabetes. New research suggests that good blood sugar levels are correlated with good brain health as we age. Lapses in memory as we age (sometimes referred to ...

Parents who reject their gay or lesbian teen are setting the teen up for an increased risk of poorer health in their early adulthood according to new research. Specifically, gay young adults ...

While teenagers' pledges to remain a virgin until marriage may make them feel good about their sexuality choices, it apparently does little in actually changing their sexual behavior. A new study just published ...

New research suggests that common facial expressions -- expressing things like happiness, sadness, disappointment, and achievement -- may be innate, not learned. But managing our emotional expressions is likely learned. In ...

A groundbreaking study of popularity has found that genes elicit not only specific behaviors but also the social consequences of those behaviors. According to the investigation by Michigan State University behavioral geneticist S. Alexandra Burt, ...

A new study infers that the probability of having one's child receive an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis involves a mother's own medical conditions and her use of health services prior to having ...

Researchers have shown that the human brain -- once thought to be a seriously flawed decision maker -- is actually hard-wired to allow us to make the best decisions possible with the information we ...

A new study finds that the aging process often is accompanied by a slow, chronic starvation of the brain. Reduced blood glucose appears to be one of the major triggers of a biochemical process that ...

New research suggests that some teenagers may react aggressively when they feel ashamed, especially when they have higher self-esteem than their peers. “Young teens with low self-esteem apparently don’t feel the need ...