Blog Profile / Healthland
| URL : | http://healthland.time.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Health | |
| Posts on Regator: | 5442 | |
| Posts / Week: | 27.9 | |
| Archived Since: | August 28, 2009 | |
Blog Post Archive
The Latest Tool for Tracking Obesity? Facebook Likes
Obesity is a big problem that needs big solutions, and Facebook may be coming to the rescue. In a way that’s never been possible before, people can record their interests, habits and daily activities that at first blush might seem to have only trivial meaning. Show More Summary
Study: Porn May Not Be Such a Bad Influence on Sexual Behavior
Studies have linked porn consumption to sexual aggression, problems with intimate relationships and losing one’s virginity at an earlier age. But the influence of sexually explicit material on some risky behaviors may be more modest than previously thought. Show More Summary
Skin Cancer Linked to Higher Risk of Other Cancers
There’s another reason those at risk for skin cancer to stay vigilant about protecting their health. Men and women with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer are at a higher risk of developing breast and lung cancers in addition to melanoma, compared to people without a skin cancer history. Show More Summary
Depressive Thinking Can Be Contagious
We don’t think of emotional states as passing from one person to another, but a new study suggests some depressive thoughts can go viral. Researchers studying a group of college students found that certain types of depressive thinking can spread from close-living roommates like a lingering flu. Show More Summary
U.S. Panel Finds Little Evidence to Support Universal Screening For Suicide
Experts say that existing screening methods can identify at-risk individuals, but such tools may not help to prevent suicides. According to the latest government statistics, more than 38,000 people commit suicide each year, so in 2004,...Show More Summary
Nation’s Drug Czar to Outline Drug Policy Reform Through Public Health
(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — President Barack Obama’s new strategy for fighting the nation’s drug problem will include a greater emphasis on using public health tools to battle addiction and diverting non-violent drug offenders into treatment instead of prisons, under reforms scheduled to be outlined by the nation’s drug czar Wednesday. Show More Summary
Diagnostic Errors Are the Most Common Type of Medical Mistake
When Dr. David Newman-Toker was a medical resident at a Boston hospital, he witnessed what he calls tragic cases in which otherwise healthy people suffered serious consequences from misdiagnoses that could have been prevented. Newman-Toker,...Show More Summary
WHO: New Flu Passes More Easily from Bird to Human
(BEIJING) — A new strain of bird flu that emerged in China over the past month is one of the “most lethal” flu viruses so far, worrying health officials because it can jump more easily from birds to humans than the one that started killing people a decade ago, World Health Organization officials said Wednesday. Show More Summary
How Much Exercise Will It Take to Work Off a Burger? Menus May Soon Tell You
More restaurants display calorie counts on their menus, but what if they also informed you what it would take to burn off those calories? It’s one thing to know how many calories are packed into a meal you’re about to eat, and quite another to fully appreciate what your body does with them. Show More Summary
Q&A: Criminologist Adrian Raine on The Biology of Violence
Violent behavior is a complex product of biology and upbringing, and when that violence involves murder and destruction to the extent that erupted at the Boston Marathon, the questions about what drives such aggression become all the more urgent. Show More Summary
The Brain of a Bomber: Did Damage Caused By Boxing Play a Role in the Boston Bombings?
Tamerlan Tsarnaev is telling no tales. The older of the two brothers who committed the Boston Marathon bombings was likely the one who planned the attack, but when he died in a shootout with police just days after the blasts, his thoughts and motivations vanished with him. Show More Summary
Your Brain on Math
Among the 100 million or so nerve cells in the brain, it turns out there are a group dedicated to making sense of numbers. No one is born knowing their “1, 2,3’s” or “A, B, C’s.” But the brain clearly handles these uniquely human but culturally varied types of knowledge differently. Show More Summary
Understanding How the Brain Speaks Two Languages
Learning to speak was the most remarkable thing you ever did. It wasn’t just the 50,000 words you had to master to become fluent or the fact that for the first six years of your life you learned about three new words per day. It wasShow More Summary
How Effective Are Non-Drug and Non-Diet Therapies In Lowering Blood Pressure?
Meditation, yoga, aerobic exercise and strength training are popular ways to lower blood pressure, so the latest study compared their effectiveness against common drug and diet treatments. About 26% of people worldwide have high blood pressure, and hypertension is responsible for half of strokes and heart disease. Show More Summary
‘Cinnamon Challenge’ Could Trigger Lasting Lung Damage
Swallowing a tablespoon of the dry spice on a dare could lead to serious health problems, according to the latest report on the practice. The so-called cinnamon challenge went viral in 2012 as over 50,000 video clips of people attempting to...Show More Summary
Pushing Teens to Change Their Eating Habits Could Backfire
Parents who exert too much control over what their children eat may not be doing their adolescents any favors when it comes to controlling the youngsters’ weight, according to the latest study. Researchers report in the journal Pediatrics...Show More Summary
Food Safety: CDC Report Shows Rates of Foodborne Illnesses Remain Largely Unchanged
About 1 in 6 people in the United States gets sick from eating contaminated food, a rate that has not declined in seven years. Despite some improvements in food safety, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that progress in reducing foodborne illnesses have stalled. Show More Summary
Timing Matters To Make Diet and Exercise Changes Last
When it comes to making healthy lifestyle changes, which should come first — changing your diet or becoming more physically active? Researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine report in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine that...Show More Summary
Working Too Hard? Physically Demanding Jobs Tied to Higher Risk of Heart Disease
While physical activity can lower the risk of heart disease, two studies suggest that jobs involving hard manual labor may harm, rather than help the heart. Presenting at the annual EuroPRevent 2013 meeting, two separate groups report...Show More Summary
Can Tylenol Dissolve Feelings of Dread?
Thinking about death, fearing the unknown and worrying about the future aren’t traditionally considered sources of physical pain, but they may be susceptible to the same pain-killing treatments. Tylenol (acetaminophen) isn’t the most...Show More Summary