Health

Your mom was right: Spending more time chatting with friends online than in real life could be negatively affecting your health.

A study found higher levels of protective bacteria in infants who lived with cats and dogs.

Of the 8700 babies in eight industrialized countries studied, those in Germany, Denmark, and Japan cried least. American babies were in the middle.

That feel-good side effect of breaking a sweat isn't imagined.

Losing weight might be about when, not what, you eat.

Songs like "Stayin' Alive" can guide your tempo when you're trying to save someone's life.

Researchers have found that taking a hot bath for an hour can burn as many calories as a half-hour walk.

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It’s all about your enzymes.

Helping you clean up small messes since 1981, among other things.

If sorting your laundry is more than you can handle, it might be time to talk to your doctor.

On March 26, 1953, Dr. Jonas Salk went on CBS radio to announce his vaccine for poliomyelitis. He had worked for three years to develop the polio vaccine, attacking a disease that killed 3000 Americans in 1952 alone, along with 58,000 newly reported cases

Channel your inner Popeye.

An anonymous note left on Richard Simmons’s car window changed the soon-to-be-superstar’s life forever.

Alcohol, opium, and leeches to treat a cold? No, thank you! Here are seven old-timey cold remedies that are better left in the past.

Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse by Rembrandt van Rijn. De Lairesse, a painter and art theorist, had congenital syphilis that deformed his face and eventually blinded him.

The origins of syphilis may be one of the greatest (and grossest) health mysteries of our time. What we do know is that, throughout history, people were quick to point fingers at each other.

There was a perfectly sound reason why physicians advised patients to capture farts in a bottle.

It could save the U.S. $77 billion (or more) in healthcare costs and reduce each person’s greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 500 pounds per year.

Knowing your chronotype can help you make better food choices.

Epicured's offerings are 100 percent low FODMAP and gluten-free.

Notorious RBG can bench press 70 pounds.

At least according to one bowel expert.

The makeover was triggered by a lawsuit alleging that the drinks' packaging misled customers.

Here's how to lower the chances of giving the mucus-glazed plague to someone else.

Contrary to prior reports, the new study found that living with a cat before birth or in childhood did not increase adolescents’ risk of experiencing psychotic episodes.

New Research Shows Too Much Time on Facebook Could Be Making You Sad

Furry Friends Could Help Prevent Allergies and Obesity in Babies

Babies in the UK, Canada, Italy, and the Netherlands Cry More

6 Mood-Boosting Benefits of Exercise

Time-Restricted Eating: The One Simple Trick That Might Help You Lose Weight

This Playlist Can Help Teach CPR

Want to Burn a Few Calories? Hop in the Bath

Why Can’t You Eat Grapefruit While Taking Certain Medications?

10 Everyday Innovations That Came From NASA Research

7 Common Symptoms That Can Be Signs of Depression

On This Day in 1953, Jonas Salk Announced His Polio Vaccine

12 Creative Ways to Get More Spinach Into Your Diet

13 Facts About Richard Simmons

7 Old-Fashioned Remedies for the Common Cold

Map Shows How Everyone Blamed Syphilis on Everyone Else

The Fart Jars of 17th Century Europe

Small Dietary Changes Could Bring Big Environmental Gains

Want to Eat Healthier? Listen to Your Biological Clock

A New Food Delivery Service Caters to People With Digestive Disorders

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Workout Might Ruin You

When Is the Best Time to Poop?

Naked Juice Will Change Its Labels to Accurately Reflect Ingredients

Here's How Long You're Contagious When You Have a Cold

New Study Finds No Link Between Childhood Cat Ownership and Psychosis