Health

Who actually practices what they preach? Various studies suggest that blue states do a better job at staying married and avoiding teen pregnancy—but like all data, it’s not so simple.

Despite doubts from the healthcare industry, Watson recently identified a surprisingly high number of potential cancer treatments for real-life patients.

A new study investigates if pot smokers outperformed nonsmokers in creativity.

Perhaps you’re thinking you don’t know any non-monogamous people. But I wouldn’t be too sure.

Could vegetarianism actually lead to a lower quality of life?

There is no blueprint for how humans deal with grief and the death of a loved one. But Ariel Levy has some helpful insight as to how to begin the process.

Here’s the first evidence to challenge the “fastest sperm” narrative.

Find the right genes and we’ll have a way to prolong life and good health, perhaps indefinitely.

For teens, finding help alone can prove all but impossible. But is mental health skewed towards the white, young, and affluent? The need for a simple method to help these teens is clear, and urgent.

In this new study, mindfulness-based intervention in schools did not move the needle on teen anxiety, depression, or body image problems.

How to overcome anxiety in a time that tries men’s souls.

The big, unknowable questions in life are seductive, but without small, trivial questions as insulation, those large mysteries can consume us.

The results of two human clinical trials involving elderly patients suffering from frailty showed no adverse side effects and “remarkable” physical improvement. 

Ramen isn’t going to be the next superfood, but it’s a little better than before.

If you want to feel less pain, meditate more often. According to this new research, it can genuinely erase the emotional reaction to pain. And since it’s long been said by coaches and some doctors that most pain is within the mind, here’s scientific proof to back that assertion up.

What are you capable of? David Goggins’ amazing and grueling feat of persistence shows how tough the human mind can be.

But if the campaign isn’t successful, this scourge could return with a vengeance.

These findings fit in with an overarching evolutionary theory on loneliness.

Experts say dependable scientific evidence has lagged behind.

A new study shows that psilocybin can “reset” the brain and put depression in the rear-view mirror. 

A new report suggests Colorado’s legalization of recreational marijuana might be reducing opioid deaths in the state.

Your mindset can rewind aging, physically and mentally, as these jaw-dropping experiments show.

A common belief that regulations are a burden on businesses is challenged by Maryn McKenna’s book Big Chicken. 

It’s the 1st observed psychedelic-caused molecular changes inside human neural tissue.

When you’re in the hospital, doctors might call the shots on the big decisions, but the quality of your stay is extremely dependent on nurses—particularly their competence and compassion. But what if your nurse just doesn’t have time for the compassionate part of caring for you?

Meditation is a lot more than just chilling out and reflecting. It can actually rewire your brain to become a better person.

From the depth of the AIDS crisis, a new community discovered itself and defeated victimhood.

Why do first-world ailments get cured faster than global health crises? Because Big Pharma doesn’t serve sick people, it serves rich people—let’s change that.

John Cleese was in super sarcastic form during his recent Reddit AMA.

A new study shows that most people are surprisingly ambivalent about their decision to break up with their partner — even right before they do it.