Instagram could offer a novel way of monitoring the drinking habits of teenagers. Using photos and texts, a team of researchers has found that different alcohol brands are followed by teens in varying degrees, and in different genders.
Researchers say that head movements play an important role in conveying emotions through speech and music. People can be accurate at judging emotions even without hearing a sound or seeing facial expressions.
A new study has linked prolonged television viewing to eight leading causes of death in the US. The findings showed that more hours spent watching TV increases the risk of death from most of the major causes such as cancer and heart disease.
A new study says breastfeeding can reduce a mother’s risk of developing an aggressive type of cancer called hormone-receptor negative. The findings showed that the risk decreased by as much as 20 percent in women who breastfed.
The costs for caring for a patient with dementia in the last five years of life are far higher than the costs for caring for patients with either heart disease or cancer in that time. Dementia care costs so much more because caregivers need to help them with …
Tuberculosis is now almost equal to HIV/AIDS as the leading cause of death by infectious diseases. In 2014, 1.1 million people died of tuberculosis worldwide, while HIV/AIDS killed 1.2 million people worldwide.
A new study finds another explanation why alcohol drinking is highly co-abused with smoking, that is because nicotine cancels out the sleepiness sensation brought by alcohol.
A new study has discovered two genes important for the growth of hair cells in the inner ear. This breakthrough opens the possibility that loss of hearing and balance due to damaged ear hair cells may soon be reversed.
A new study has found that areas of the brain that are linked to social behaviors are both underdeveloped and not networked enough in young people with high functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
