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StopAdvisor is a new web-based smoking cessation program, which takes smokers from preparation for the target quit date to the quit date itself. It achieves this by offering expert advice through a combination of interactive menus and personalised sessions. Post quit date, it encourages users to report important information that the program will use to help them overcome the difficulties they encounter along the way. In their study¹ Robert West and Susan Michie from University College London and...
What is the best way to talk to someone about prognosis and quality of life when serious illness strikes? It turns out that no one had studied that question through direct observation, until the University of Rochester Medical Center audio-recorded 71 palliative care discussions.
Alcohol makes people more prone to committing suicide by violent methods like hanging, using a firearm or by falling to death, says a new study.
People with diabetes are living longer, according to US health officials.
Does race matter when holding children accountable for crimes? Are judgments toward colored children harsher than those for whites? Apparently it is so, reveals a new study.
Now men have more reasons to be faithful to their partners. According to a latest study, cheating on their wives is not just risking a marriage, but also risking their life.
A sound mind in a sound body is an old and accepted wisdom. However, a recent study suggests that the theory can work the other way too. It seems that having a sound mind and a good self esteem can boost one's immunity and health.
In a step toward understanding possible genetic differences in smoking behaviors, a team of researchers co-led by SRI International has identified a genetic marker associated with smoking quantity in people of African ancestry. The study's findings may help guide future public health decisions related to smoking, because the more people smoke, the higher their risk of lung cancer.
People who drink a few cups of coffee daily are likely to live longer than people who don't drink coffee, according to a new study.
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have figured out how to stop brain cell death in mice with brain disease and say their discovery deepens understanding of the mechanisms of human neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Automated external defibrillators rarely close to locations of public cardiac arrests
New Rochelle, NY, May 10, 2012—A citywide ban on public smoking in Colorado led to significant decreases in maternal smoking and preterm births, providing the first evidence in the U.S. that such interventions can impact maternal and fetal health, according to an article in Journal of Women’s Health, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the Journal of Women’s Health website.
Patients who were sexually active before suffering a heart attack were one and a half times more likely to recapture their sex lives if they received guidance on the topic before leaving the hospital, a new study finds.
Higher levels of income inequality in the United States actually lead to more deaths in the country over a period of years, a new study found.
More than 1 in 10 of babies worldwide are born prematurely every year, according to the "Born Too Soon" report, which was compiled as part of the United Nations' "Every Woman Every Child" initiative.
Bras Make Breasts "Saggier", 15-year French Study Reveals 
Research Explains Why Some Soldiers don't suffer from PTSD 
Russian Gymnast Has the World's Strongest Vagina 
Study Finds Autistic People Do Not Hear Pleasure in Human Voices 
Red Meat Tied to Increasing Risk of Type Two Diabetes 
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Early Puberty in Girls 
Blood Tests Capable of Detecting Oral Cancers Caused by Sex 
Waiting Could Be Better Than Radiation in Treating Early Prostate Cancer 
Dr. Oz’s Miracle Green Coffee Does Not Help with Weight Loss, Study Reports 
Hormonal Therapy For Transsexual Patients is Safe, Study 
