Health

Should Women Be Paid for Their Eggs?

In some states donors aren't allowed to be paid for their eggs - they can only be compensated for their travel

Doctors Should Include Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Medical Records

A patients medical records include all sorts of information. Now some doctors are pushing to add sexual orientation and gender identity

Inability to Recognize Emperor Hirohito Actually Not a Sign of Impending Dementia

Researchers realized a change needed to be made after administering the test to people suffering from primary-progressive aphasia, which strikes the young

New school lunch programs are one of the ways people are trying to fight childhood obesity.

Childhood Obesity in the United States Is Decreasing

For the first time in years, the proportion of children who could be classified as obese decreased

Autism Is Likely Under-Diagnosed in Women Due to Gender Bias

Autism has long been a disorder more commonly seen in men. But new research suggests that perhaps doctors are simply missing the signs of autism in women

Artificial Hymens Have Come a Long Way Since Blood-Filled Fish Bladders

There are tests of a woman's virginity, many centered around the blood involved in breaking her hymen. To pass this test, some women turned to fakery

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Kids Eat Five Times More Magnets Than They Did Ten Years Ago

Kids like to create faux lip, nose or tongue rings by fashioning the balls into magnetic loops, which wind up accidentally getting swallowed

Male Holocaust Survivors Live Longer Than Israeli Immigrants Who Left Europe Earlier

Victims may emerge from the experience with a sense of purpose in life, or perhaps many of those who survived the Holocaust were simply physically stronger

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That Whole Japanese Eyeball Licking Thing Never Really Happened

Never fear. We are not next to suffer from the eyeball licking craze, because that craze never actually existed

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When Life Knocks You Down, It Takes About Two Years to Get Back Up

It can take years to recover from a big loss, like being fired or having a marriage fall apart

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Why Can’t Accident Victims Remember What Happened to Them?

Memory blanks, flashbacks and an eventual distortion of the traumatic event are all normal reactions to experiencing a disaster

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Soap And Clean Water Make Kids Taller

By staving off childhood illnesses, basic sanitation makes children grow taller

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Now We Know Just How Herpes Infects Human Cells

Figuring out a way to stop the viral explosion could take out not only herpes, but a whole host of other ailments

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This is Bad: ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Are More Common Than We Thought

"Nightmare bacteria" are here, and they're more common than we thought

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This Is What It Feels Like To Be Left in a Hot, Parked Car

Every summer, news reports roll in of people leaving their pets, or even worse, their children, in parked cars. Here's what that feels like

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One in Three Low-Income Moms Struggle to Afford Diapers

One in twelve will stretch their diaper supplies, leaving babies in soiled diapers for longer than they should

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Should Doctors Wait a Little Longer to Cut Umbilical Cords?

The cutting of the umbilical cord is the only surgery that every human alive has gone through. But when is the right time to cut that cord?

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You Really Might Sleep Worse When the Moon Is Full

Rather than some sort of phenomenon driving this finding, it's probably a simple issue of the full moon shining sleep-disturbing light in people's eyes

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There’s Some Truth to the Folklore of Cranberry Juice and UTIs

Research has yet to confirm that it has a significant impact on reducing UTIs, but compounds from cranberries inhibit the spread of UTI-causing bacteria

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Live in the Hudson River

A piece of news that might keep you out of the water: researchers recently found antibiotic resistant bacteria

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