Emerging research finds that despite years of warnings that older adults shouldn’t take benzodiazepine medications that put them at risk of injury and death, many primary care doctors are still…
Making small improvements to a city’s ParkScore — an evaluation of a city’s park system — may be one way to encourage residents to become more physically active, according to a new…
New research finds that more hours of screen time are associated with lower well-being in those aged 2 to 17, with the association larger for adolescents than for younger children….
Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram may be hazardous to your mental health. The first experimental study examining use of multiple platforms shows a causal link between time spent on these social…
In the largest experimentally controlled study on sleep deprivation to date, researchers have quantified the dire consequences of sleep deprivation. They discovered sleep loss appears to reduce our ability to…
Young children and their parents are healthier when they are able to afford basic needs, such as food, shelter, utilities, medical care, prescription medications and childcare, according to a series…
If you don’t feel well after a night of poor sleep, you may want to consider dehydration as a cause — not simply the lack of sleep —and drink more water,…
While some signs can suggest if a person is at risk for developing schizophrenia, a definitive diagnosis is not determined until the fist psychotic episode occurs. But neuroscientists have now…
A new Danish study provides a method to identify people at high risk of developing dementia within a 10-year frame. Experts believe detecting high-risk individuals is critical as early targeted…
A new study indicates that teens who experience back pain more frequently are also more likely to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and report problems like anxiety and depression. Sadly, adolescent…