May 17, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) — Being obese at age 20 can cut up to 20 years off a person’s life, with the biggest impact on black men, according to yet another study that underscores the long-term dangers of being overweight. The research […]
May 17, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — Chronic cocaine use harms brain circuits that help produce the sense of pleasure, which may help explain why cocaine addicts have a higher rate of depression, a study suggests. It’s not clear whether cocaine kills brain […]
May 17, 2011
(Cox News Service) — If you can read this, bless your luck: New Year’s Eve may have been even more dangerous than you thought. Binge drinking by Americans has risen by 25 percent since 1993, researchers at the Centers for […]
May 17, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Student-athletes subject to random drug testing at an Oregon high school were almost four times less likely to use drugs than their counterparts at a similar school who were not tested, a study shows. The one-year […]