Shorter life expectancy linked to 2016 presidential election outcome | Lee Goldman

Credit: unforgettable.org Sept. 5, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Concerns about health and rising death rates may have helped tilt the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald J. Trump, according to a ...

Globally, 1.4 billion adults at risk of disease from lack of physical activity | Regina Guthold

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sept. 5, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- More than a quarter (1.4 billion) of the world's adult population were insufficiently active in 2016, putting them at greater risk of cardio ...

Monotreme and marsupial brain hemispheres communicated before development of corpus callosum | Bob Yirka

White matter fiber architecture of the brain. Credit: Human Connectome Project. Sept. 4, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Mammalian brain hemispheres had a means of communicating long before the development of the ...

Homeless Women Need Your Help -- But They’re Not Helpless | Jocelyn Cheng

Credit: Mickey Z. Giving homeless women your leftovers may not be as helpful as you think. Aug. 29, 2018 (Period) -- Michael Zezima, a native of Queens, New York, is one of the few people who breaks ...

What’s the life of a single raccoon worth? | Mickey Z.

Photo: Paxson Woelber (CC BY-SA 3.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 29, 2018 I notice things. If I casually glance out my bedroom window -- in my apartment of more than a dozen years -- I will no ...

New study reveals why women take sexy selfies | Isabelle Dubach

Credit: University of New South Wales Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A new study has revealed the science behind sexy selfies, showing that women tend to sexualize themselves in environments with greate ...

As CO2 levels climb, millions at risk of nutritional deficiencies | Sam Myers

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activity are making staple crops such as rice and wheat less nutritious and could result in 175 ...

When Illness is a ‘Death Sentence’: The Victimization of Gaza Women | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 26, 2018 Hanan al-Khoudari resorted to Facebook in a cry for help when Israeli authorities rejected her request to accompany her 3-year-old son, ...

Sleeping five hours or less a night associated with doubled risk of cardiovascular disease | Moa Bengtsson

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 26, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Middle-aged men who sleep five hours or less per night have twice the risk of developing a major cardiovascular event during the following t ...

Deep forehead wrinkles may signal a higher risk for cardiovascular mortality | Yolande Esquirol

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 26, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- People with lots of deep forehead wrinkles -- more than is typical for their age -- may have a higher risk of dying of cardiovascular diseas ...

Sweeter dreams in a peaceful mind | Pilleriin Sikka

Credit: futurestreet, Flickr (CC BY 2.0)Aug. 24, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Happy people have better dreams, new research suggests. A new study by researchers from the University of Turku, Finland and t ...