Much of the common advice about living a long life-chill out and don't work too much-is wrong. These surprising findings emerged from a groundbreaking eight-decade study that followed 1,528 Americans from early childhood until their deaths. The study, which...
A recent study suggests lost love causes the greatest regret of all in life. Researchers report that people have stronger feelings of...
The need for a connection to other people is so powerful that being ignored by a stranger can make someone feel left...
A recent study is challenging the widely held notion that men's minds are preoccupied with one topic-sex. The research in...
A study that followed recently unemployed people for five months—or until they landed a new job-found that staying positive and being...
People who work overtime are at much greater risk for depression, according to a recent study. Researchers followed roughly 2,000 middle-aged...
A small recent study gives insight into how electroshock therapy, an effective yet poorly understood treatment for severe depression, affects the brains...
More than one out of every 20 Americans experiences depression at any given time, yet fewer than one-third seek help from a...
Bipolar disorder has gotten lots of press lately. Several celebrities have received treatment for this disorder-some of whom have been quite open...
Everyone's heard the phrase "wealth does not buy happiness." Neither, it turns out, does social status, youth or...
Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria's resistance to ciprofloxacin (Cipro), the most widely prescribed anti-microbial for urinary tract infections in the...
At least 21% of prescriptions written by American doctors are written for medical conditions that the drugs have not been proven to...