4. Have a Minimum This can be tough to do, especially if you hear your little one babbling over the monitor or they start calling for you, or better yet, traipse their way into your bedroom in the wee hours of the morning. But one of the best ways to cap the early wake up […]
Jeffrey D. Cirillo, Ph.D., a professor at the Texas AM College of Medicine, says it doesn’t take much of a foothold for tuberculosis to get going.
Unfortunately, these are not expenses that Medicare will cover. While some of the ongoing medical treatments may be covered by Medicare, room and board for facilities such as nursing homes will not. For many families, this is an extremely difficult financial burden and one that can be extremely hard to handle. Other expenses include medical […]
Across four different studies, the researchers found that more agreeable people feel a strong need to respond in kind when they are forgiven, which means not repeating the behavior that bothered or upset their partner — such as smoking, flirting, neglecting chores, or overspending. Why? The research provides some evidence that agreeable people feel a […]
While many of those sentiments are imparted with a smile and perhaps a laugh, not getting enough sleep is no laughing matter. Parents who experience chronic sleep deprivation, meaning getting less sleep than the recommended 7-9 hours of sleep a night over a period of at least a week, are more likely to experience postpartum […]
A UC San Diego study of 12 million Facebook users says they do with one caveat: This happens only when Facebook helps you reinforce and enhance your real-world connections. In other words, “likes” from strangers really don’t matter. The study ― which the researchers say is an association study and cannot identify causation ― was […]
In total, smoking is linked to an estimated 480,000 deaths per year in the U.S., of which cancer is just one cause. Other fatal conditions include heart disease, stroke, diabetes and lung disease. But because smoking is preventable, and because it makes up a significant portion of the deaths linked to cancer, ACS researchers write […]
Research shows that women who masturbate regularly are healthier ― both physically and emotionally. Sometimes, though, hitting the spot takes a little longer than we’d like it to. In the BuzzFeed video above, a few women test out the Womanizer, a sex toy whose manufacturer claims that 80 percent of users orgasm after two to three minutes of use. […]
