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If you are someone that inhales lunch at top speed, you might want to consider dining with slow-eating friends. A recent study by Roel Hermans of the Behavioural Science Institute of Radboud University Nijmegen shows that, when dining in pairs, people tend to match the pace of the person eating across from them. This matching is [...]
Having fussy toddlers is already a challenge as a parent, but a new study by Braun and colleagues in Pediatrics revealed that in utero exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) was positively associated with negative behavior changes in kids around age 3, particularly girls. BPA is found in a great number of products, from water bottles [...]
For years,the number of female-controlled birth control options skyrocketed, starting with drug trials for oral contraceptives beginning in the 1950s, and public availability of the Pill made possible during the early 1960s. By the mid-1960s, millions of women were using oral contraceptives. Planned Parenthood was establishing itself in a number of states, and women enjoyed [...]
Disordered eating behaviors are not just an adolescent problem, according to a 10-year longitudinal study of both women and men that University of Minnesota researchers recently completed. Hoping to assess eating pathology during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood, and to track disordered eating patterns over time, researchers recruited over 4,000 young men and [...]
Researchers from Columbia University in New York have found a startling link between depression during pregnancy and a subsequent diagnosis of asthma in children. Reyes and colleagues studied African American and Dominican women in New York City, all of whom were pregnant at the time of the study, seeking to determine whether or not depression [...]
Recently, Dr. Karen Sibert, an anesthesiologist from California, wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times on the subject of women in the field of medicine. Sibert eloquently maintains a blunt, matter-of-fact tone as she discusses what she feels to be an assault on the field of medicine–women choosing careers as physicians, only to [...]
A recent study reveals startlingly high trends in waterpipe tobacco use among college students, specifically among male freshmen. Commonly known as “hookah,” waterpipe tobacco is inhaled in various flavored forms (often mixed with fruit or honey) through a waterpipe, which directs smoke through water before it is inhaled. Hookah use has increased in popularity, most [...]
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