Podcast: Play in new window | Download Acupuncture seems counterintuitive to most westerners. How on earth does sticking needles in somebody actually make them feel better? Scientists say a recent discovery may shed new light on this centuries-old practice. For the uninitiated, acupuncture is the practice of inserting the tips of needles into the body [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download The scene is a familiar one across the country — 12 chairs arranged in a circle. Adults with addictions or compulsive disorders band together as they seek support and understanding in what are commonly known as 12-step programs. While the substance abuse or behavioral challenges might differ, most [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Everyone gets depressed now and then. But clinically diagnosed depression is an entirely different situation, one that affects close to 20 million men, women and children in the United States alone. Not only do disorders related to depression cause breakups in families and friendships, but they can lead [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Bring on the marinara, sundried tomatoes and caprese salad: The latest research shows the almighty tomato packs a punch when it comes to preventing strokes, thanks to an antioxidant called lycopene (LIE-co-peen), commonly found in tomatoes. A study published in the journal Neurology found that men with the [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Are mammograms and the increase in thyroid cancer linked? Medical experts say no and are worried the false rumors linking breast imaging with thyroid cancer could keep women from getting a mammogram, which has saved millions of lives over the past 20 years. According to the American Thyroid [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Need a quick hit of sugar to get you through that mid-afternoon meeting or help you decipher that budget report? Maybe you need some extra iron will just to resist having one more chocolate chip cookie? Simply take a swig of sugary soda, swish it around in your [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download It’s been well established that secondhand smoke can be just as detrimental as lighting up yourself. And you’ve heard that stress can increase the risk for obesity … but did you know your stress can actually have secondhand health effects on others — namely, your children? New research [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Before reaching for that second or third dinner roll, consider this fact from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Bread and rolls are the biggest sources of salt for Americans. According to the CDC, the majority of sodium Americans consume is in processed and restaurant foods. In [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download The sneeze is an everyday annoyance of the human condition, as old as mankind and as common as nostrils. But only recently have scientists unlocked the secret of why we sneeze. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania used simulated sneezes and cells from the noses of lab mice [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download It’s okay to let the kids stay up 30 minutes past their bedtime, right? Wrong. Some parents may have noticed that the less sleep their children get at night, the crankier they become. Well, now there is evidence to prove it. Researchers from the Attention Behavior and Sleep [...]