Are e-cigarettes the lesser of two evils, or just another method of nicotine exposure? It’s a question public health experts are debating. Some question the benefits of steering smokers towards...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/06/e-cigarettes-dont-discourage-smoking-among-teens/
Things have gone rather horribly south for a Sacramento businessman who invited the FBI to investigate his ex-wife. Instead of arresting her, the Feds found that he’d been hiding money for year...
Alzheimer’s disease kills more Americans than we realize, researchers say. Death certificates often do not list dementia as the underlying cause of death. Instead, the immediate cause, like pne...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/05/alzheimers-bigger-killer-than-we-realize-study-says/
A baby infected with HIV at birth has been cured of the disease, doctors believe. The baby, who was born in Los Angeles, received treatment within a few hours after birth, and is still virus-free...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/05/doctors-believe-a-second-baby-is-cured-of-hiv/
We’re swimming in sugar: Americans take in more than 22 teaspoons of added sugar each day (which snowballs into the equivalent of more than 56 pounds annually). For the average American’s 2,0...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/05/5-easy-ways-to-eat-less-sugar/
We’ve all been guilty of Facebook stalking – looking up strangers who we might be meeting face-to-face soon – a blind date, a potential employee, or even the friend of a friend. It’s supp...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/05/how-facebook-could-sabotage-your-blind-date/
A spoonful of sugar won’t help this medicine go down: the WHO issued new guidelines Wednesday saying only 5% of a person’s total daily calories should come from sugar, half of what the organi...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/05/who-sugar-reccommendations/
Almost half the the states in America have mandatory arrest provisions in domestic violence cases, and it’s widely accepted as an important step in protecting the mostly female victims of spous...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/05/when-not-to-arrest-an-abuser-in-a-domestic-violence-case/
Los Angeles has become the the third major U.S. city, after New York and Chicago, to ban e-cigarettes from public spaces. Bloomberg reports that LA’s city council unanimously voted to extend ex...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/05/los-angeles-extends-smoking-ban-to-e-cigs/
Researchers have found a way to trigger cancer drugs inside a tumor to potentially minimize the damage of healthy tissue and alleviate the hair loss, fatigue and nausea of conventional chemothera...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/05/new-laser-chemotherapy-could-minimize-harmful-side-effects/
Maybe there should be a vaccine for stubbornness, because it sure seems tough to cure. A new study shows that when presented with four different scientifically proven arguments that vaccinations ...
New research shows that an experimental drug given once every few months could replace daily pills to prevent HIV infection. In two different trials on a total of 28 monkeys, the Associated Press...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/04/hiv-drug-injection-monkeys-experimental/
Many of us have uttered the words “I’m never drinking again” following an especially debauched night–probably in college. But a new study suggests that’s hardly ever true. The research,...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/04/hung-over-youll-probably-drink-again-tonight/
Scientists in Switzerland are testing the anxiety-lowering effects of LSD on people near death, and are reporting promising results. A new study published in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Di...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/04/lsd-therapy-lowers-anxiety-study-finds/
It’s National Pancake Day, which means free buttermilk pancakes at IHOP. If you’re watching your figure, pancakes aren’t exactly the go-to for a well-balanced breakfast. But you may be surp...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/04/ihops-least-healthiest-pancakes/
A mother in Wisconsin claims that she was not allowed to pump breast milk for her newborn daughter during her seven-day stint in jail that ended on Feb. 26. According to the allegations, both th...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/04/jail-forbids-a-new-mother-from-pumping-breast-milk/
If you’ve lost that frisky feeling, you’re not alone. Research shows that nearly a third of women and 15% of men lack the desire to have sex regularly. But there are things you can do to put ...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/04/15-everyday-habits-to-boost-your-libido/
A new study suggests that men prefer being in charge, whereas women are better at working with their peers. While the study only confirms what many office dwellers already know, the findings may...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/04/men-want-to-be-bosses-says-study/
The world’s first receiver of a Carmat artificial heart has died, 75 days after the implant. In a statement on Monday, the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris said it couldn’t yet de...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/04/worlds-first-artificial-heart-receiver-dies-after-75-days/
Despite the noise from midwives and hospitals, the latest data on the number of home births in the U.S. show that very few women are giving birth outside of hospitals. But new CDC data do show th...
https://healthland.time.com/2014/03/04/explaining-the-latest-numbers-on-home-births/