People who go to the toilet in the middle of the night are less productive at work, study suggests. 研究表明，半夜起床上厕所的人工作效率更低。 Getting up overnight to use ...

“NANNY”, “tyrant”—these were among the charges hurled at Michael Bloomberg, New York’s mayor, when he proposed a ban on big fizzy-drink bottles last May. The billionaire shrugged and pus ...

Baby boys are more sensitive to stress in the womb 子宫中的男婴对压力更敏感 May explain why maternal stress and disorders such as autism and schizophrenia are more common in boys ...

Researchers have found that peoples' mental abilities peak at 22 before beginning to deteriorate just five years later。 研究人员发现，人的智力在22岁时达到顶峰，而仅在五年 ...

People with delayed sleep phase disorder struggle to go to sleep at night and to wake early in the morning 睡眠期失调遭推迟的人努力早睡早起 Experts believe sufferers have inter ...

People who eat a lot of processed meat such as ham, bacon, sausages and burgers run a greater risk of premature death and developing conditions such as cancer and heart disease, research shows. 研 ...

IN JOURNALISM, cynics suggest, three data points are enough to pronounce a trend. As of March 3rd, AIDS researchers hope that two might be sufficient. On that day Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins Un ...

TWO drug executives walked into a bar. No, this is not the start of a joke. The workers for Roche, a Swiss drugs firm, had been dining with doctors after a medical conference. At the bar, alleged an ...

Nearly 50% of Americans wear corrective glasses, according to the trade group Vision Council. And most of them are guilty of the biggest crime in lens care: Exhaling onto their lenses, then wiping t ...

The World Health Organization says those exposed to the worst levels of radiation during the Japanese nuclear disaster have a higher risk for developing certain types of cancer. 世界卫生组织 ...