| |  Teens and Drugs: Rite of Passage or Recipe for Addiction?
By Alice Park Teen drug use shouldn't be looked at as a rite of passage but as a public health problem, say experts, and one that has reached "epidemic" levels. In a new report on drug, alcohol and tobacco use among teens in [...] |  Studies: Why Diet Sodas Are No Benefit to Dieters
By Meredith Melnick Correction Appended: June 29, 2011 More bad news, diet soda drinkers: data presented recently at the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) Scientific Sessions suggest that diet drinks may actually contribute to weight gain and that the artificial sweeteners in them could [...] |  Online Cheaters Still Prefer Real-World Infidelity
By Bonnie Rochman Anthony Weiner, take note: according to a new study about cyberinfidelity, sexting with people you meet online is a really poor substitute for sex. New research shows that the majority of people who first cheat online end up cheating with [...] |  Breast-Cancer Survivors Plead With the FDA for Avastin
By Melinda Henneberger Dozens of women with late-stage breast cancer begged a federal panel Tuesday not to pull approval for their use of Avastin, a cancer therapy that has disappointed researchers but is keeping many women alive. Some who testified before the Food [...] |  The 'Cattle Plague' Rinderpest is Officially Eradicated
By Sora Song |  Why Women Are Better at Everything
By Meredith Melnick Recently in the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch columnist David Weidner noted that women "do almost everything better" than men — from politics to corporate management to investing. Weidner cites a new study by Barclays Wealth and Ledbury Research, which found [...] |  U.S. Sets Rigorous New Safety Standards for Cribs
By Meredith Melnick As of Tuesday, it is illegal to sell a crib in the U.S. that does not meet strict new federal safety standards. That includes sales of all secondhand cribs, which are typically found on sites like eBay and Craigslist, as [...] |  Why Getting Paid Increases Your Risk of Death
By Alice Park Everyone looks forward to payday. Whether it's a paycheck from your employer or benefits from the government, the influx of cash to your bank account is always a good thing, right? Not according to the latest research. Researchers report that [...] |  The First Real-Time Study of Parents Spanking Their Kids
By Bonnie Rochman It's not P.C. to admit you spank your child. But nearly 40 moms have gone a step further, recording themselves hitting and slapping their kids as part of a new study on how parents and children interact. They didn't know [...] |  BPA Makes Male Mice Less Masculine and Less Appealing to Mates
By Meredith Melnick Mice that were exposed in the womb to bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in many plastic products and the linings of food and beverage cans, grew up to be less masculine and less attractive to females, a new study [...] | | |  | | | | | | |  | | | | Follow Healthland on Twitter |  | Join today to start receiving HEALTHLAND's Twitter updates!
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