Everyone knows that if you sprain your ankle or have a headache, you can take acetaminophen to relieve the pain. After all, it is one of the most popular over-the-counter drugs for physical pain relief. But what if it could … Read More
Pain of rejection really hurts, just like physical pain. A recent study found the same parts of the brain get activated when feeling rejected from love as when physically burned. The study involved 40 recently dumped heartbroken people, putting them … Read More
Did you know that you are likely to get migraines more often if you overuse pain medications? It seems certain medications can contribute to the change of sporadic migraines into chronic migraines. According to a study published in the journal Headache, … Read More
Veterans have fought to protect our country, so we owe it to them to fight to protect their minds. According to new research, it may be necessary to more aggressively screen elderly male veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for signs … Read More
We’ve all heard the old adage, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” Yes, Americans tend to work hard and play hard — and think that sleep isn’t all that important. If you rely on one long night of sleep to recover … Read More
In 2008, celebrity activists and “antivaccinationists” Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy helped raise the alarm about the supposed dangers of vaccines. Noting the simultaneous rise in the rates of vaccine-usage and autism cases during the 20th century, they and others … Read More
Opposites attract, or at least that’s what movies like When Harry Met Sally and Pretty Woman tell us. Outside of Hollywood, however, can people with dissimilar personalities really grow together over the course of a relationship? In a paper published … Read More
TV is the most popular leisure activity in the United States, Australia and Great Britain. That’s good for the TV networks, but bad for us. A new study suggests that all that time in front of the tube is becoming … Read More
