The notion of potentially healthy obesity is a myth, with most obese people slipping into poor health and chronic illness over time, a new British study claims. The "obesity paradox" is a theory that ...
Echoing concerns that grew with the World Wide Web itself a decade earlier, the rise of social media has stoked fears of 'social displacement' -- the alienation of people from friends and family in ...
Gay rights groups have come out against a controversial study that found that sexual orientation can be read from people’s faces. The implications for personal privacy are obvious regarding research ...
A new study challenges the notion that "a calorie is a calorie." The study finds diets that reduce the surge in blood sugar after a meal -- either low-glycemic index or very-low carbohydrate -- may be ...
New research on the relationship between immigration and crime dispels the notion that more immigration leads to more crime, according a pair of academics who spent three years analyzing two decades ...