LIVING HEALTHY

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• Early research links high ozone levels to damage to fertility

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• Mar 31, 2015 11:05 PM EDT

• Studies in mice suggests that high levels of ozone in the air may impair a woman’s ability to conceive a baby.

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• Drop that kitchen teaspoon and measure kids’ meds correctly

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• Mar 30, 2015 07:27 PM EDT

• Giving kids the wrong amount of medicine may mean you aren’t giving enough medicine to help them, or far worse, giving them enough to hurt them.

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• Fluoridation seems to help older people keep their teeth

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• Mar 30, 2015 07:15 PM EDT

• Irish adults over age 50 who live where the water is fluoridated are more likely to maintain their natural teeth than those who don't.

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• How Often Should You Step Away from Your Desk?

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• Mar 30, 2015 12:53 AM EDT

• More studies prove that you increase your risk of dying just by sitting for hours. Thus, the way to reduce it is to do the opposite: stand and move.

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• Kansas farmers are funding research into gluten intolerance and wheat DNA

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• Mar 25, 2015 06:49 PM EDT

• The Kansas Wheat Commission is funding research to find out why some people cannot digest wheat and to develop new varieties of wheat

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• New tool may help predict memory and thinking problems

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• Mar 22, 2015 06:14 PM EDT

• Researchers have come up with a scoring system that may give physicians a way to determine which older people are at high risk for problems with memory and thinking

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• CDC reports on cancer incidence and survival rates

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• Mar 19, 2015 07:18 PM EDT

• More than two out of every three people who have invasive cancer will survive for 5 or more years after their diagnosis.

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• Tobacco industry makes money even when killing off their customers

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• Mar 19, 2015 07:12 PM EDT

• The equation is that 6.3 million people die each year due to smoking and the tobacco industry makes more than $44 billion, which means about $7,000 per death.

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• A high BMI in infancy may predict obesity later

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• Mar 19, 2015 07:02 PM EDT

• A baby’s BMI may be a useful tool for identifying children who are at increased risk of being obese.

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• Women: Good Sex Means Good Sleep

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• Mar 18, 2015 11:40 PM EDT

• If you want to have an awesome sex life, what you need is sleep—lots of it.

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• 49ers’ Borland Quitting Football Because of Concussion Risks

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• Mar 18, 2015 07:00 PM EDT

• Chris Borland is quitting pro football after a great rookie year and turning his back on a career worth millions because he is in good health and wants to stay that way.

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• Loneliness Can Be Deadly, Study Says

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• Mar 17, 2015 07:11 AM EDT

• A new study reveals that loneliness can lead to poor health for a person. They have shown that being a loner doesn't only affect people mentally and emotionally, but also physically. Worse, scientists say that loners die younger too.