SpongeBob and his crazy antics may be actually hurting your child’s ability to learn. So states a study out today from Seattle Children’s Hospital published in the journal “Pediatrics.” The study found that kids who watched SpongeBob for just nine … Read More

Are you at risk for developing cardiovascular disease or of having a heart attack? Considering that more than 1 million Americans suffer heart attacks each year, I’m guessing some are saying, “Yes.” And there is one nutrient that can assist … Read More

Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is one of those terms that gets thrown around a lot, especially when we’re doing something like tidying the home or lining up face cream bottles or organizing our shoes, or generally just applying excessive … Read More

Migraine headaches may be the result of cell phones, but it has nothing to do with those annoying ringtones. According to a new study, reading the small text on smartphones may be responsible for visual problems and headaches. We do … Read More

Weight-loss programs, such as Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers, seem to be more successful in getting the overweight to shed pounds than any doctor’s advice. A recent study published in the medical journal “The Lancet” found that when doctors referred … Read More

Long-term care is on everyone’s minds these days as the shakiness of Social Security benefits is all over the news. The number of seniors living in long-term care facilities is on the decline. A whopping 1.5 million people lived in … Read More

Advertising has long been blamed for bringing out the worst in us; from causing us to think we need things we don’t, to feeling we need to look a certain way. New research uncovers yet another potential evil of advertising: … Read More

Subway restaurants now accept food stamps.  Rhode Island is launching a program to allow homeless, elderly and disabled people to use food stamps at four Subway restaurants in the Providence area.  While this is great exposure for the national chain … Read More

Rheumatoid arthritis sufferers can’t catch a break. Not only do they suffer with chronic pain and stiffness, now a key medical treatment may be linked to an increased risk of certain skin cancers. The medicine in question is known as … Read More

Asthma risk may be increased by being too clean? There is some truth to that notion as rates of asthma and allergies are on the rise for city and suburban kids versus their rural-dwelling counterparts. Nature tells us the diversity … Read More

The misguided idea that plumpness equals poor health and unattractiveness may have gone viral worldwide. There used to be many cultures that saw a rotund shape as a sign of health and wealth, and as late as the 1990s, cultural studies … Read More

Mental illness was found to affect 38 percent of Europeans. That’s a shockingly high number. The research team arrived at the surprising figure after analyzing data from previous studies involving more than 500 million people in 27 European countries, in … Read More

Will smiling brightly help you to attract a mate or will a slight smirk win you a date sooner? When it comes to which facial expressions make you the most attractive to the opposite sex, this is one facet with … Read More

Is your cholesterol level high? Did your doctor tell you that your lipid panel is abnormal?  If so, meet your new best friend: Green tea. Researchers analyzed data from 14 research papers published between 1967 and 2010 and concluded that … Read More

While it may seem natural to think of chest pain as a red flag for heart disease or heart attack, statistics reveal that chest pain symptoms are usually not a sign of serious impending illness. Chest pain is one of … Read More

Pain has been said to purify; we’ve all heard it from one place or another, but is it scientifically true? It just may be. A study done with 29 Australian students put this theory to the test.  Broken into three … Read More

Babesiosis, an infection of red blood cells, continues to affect a growing number of people. In the Lower Hudson Valley of New York, perhaps the most vulnerable area to babesiosis, the rate of tick-bourne infection has increased twenty fold since … Read More

“Having a hot time” during hot weather can mean different things to different people. Make sure it doesn’t mean heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat stroke, or some other heat-related injury for you. A recent review warns that these summer threats … Read More

Okay, parents, time to stop blaming your kid for those frequent visits to fast food restaurants. Sure, those kids’ meals that come in nifty little packages and include toys are pretty enticing, not to mention the salty french fries and … Read More

While you may claim to have a pretty decent knowledge of your city’s culture, when was the last time you went to a play?   While you may be blissfully unaware of what your city has to offer, take into account … Read More