(Associated Press)
It’s no news that exercise is good for your heart, your well-being and your waist. But new studies show that it may help prevent substance abuse as well.
There are some clues that physical activity might spur changes in the brain to do just that. Now the U.S. government is beginning a push for hard […]

(Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times)
Health researches have identified an alarming new predictor for risky behavior among teenagers and young adults: Energy drinks.
Caffeine-laden energy drinks, like Red Bull, Monster, Full Throttle and Amp, have gained in popularity in the past few years, accounting for more than $3 billion in annual sales in just the United […]

Video games designed to provide a workout are becoming big business. As proof, look no further than last week’s Games for Health national conference at which health researchers and game-makers showed off their latest innovations. Specialized games about protein folding and nutrition shared a venue with Nintendo’s new mass-marketed exercise game Wii Fit, set to […]

If you’re like me you have at least five different lip glosses in your possession as you read this. I always thought it was just a cuter chap stick and I was still protecting my lips from the sun’s rays.
But some dermatologists say that slathering on shiny lipgloss can actually increase your risk of […]

The French parliament’s lower house adopted a unprecedented bill Tuesday that would make it illegal for anyone– including fashion magazines, advertisers and websites– to publicly incite extreme thinness.
The National Assembly approved the bill in a series of votes today, after the legislation won unanimous support from the ruling conservative UMP party. It goes to […]