Psychology & Psychiatry

Why do we find someone reading sexy?

A few years ago the dating website eHarmony concluded that profiles that included reading in their list of hobbies were more attractive to the opposite sex. Specifically, the data revealed that men who mentioned reading as ...

Medical economics

Q&A: Addressing high costs and greed in health care

At the core of the U.S. health care system there is a paradox, says Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH, a professor of health policy, medicine, and community and family medicine at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical ...

Health

Abortion pill under threat in Texas court case

US abortion opponents are hoping for a national ban on a widely used abortion pill when their lawsuit against government drug regulators is argued Wednesday in the Texas court of a deeply conservative judge believed to be ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study: Which people with chronic pancreatitis will develop diabetes?

A new study by Cedars-Sinai investigators describes risk factors that could make it more likely for people who have chronic pancreatitis, an ongoing inflammation of the pancreas, to develop diabetes. The findings are published ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Cultural connection improves health of Indigenous young adults

Native American youth in the U.S. experience higher rates of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts. But a research ...

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