Health
The future of Big Tobacco: Tobacco-free products?
Posted on May 23, 2012, at 2:40 PMWith strict new FDA warnings and more smokers kicking the habit, many cigarette makers are seeing their old business models go up in smoke
The sleep mask that helps you control your dreams
Posted on May 22, 2012, at 1:20 PMTwo Brooklyn inventors have sleep scientists and investors buzzing about a simple, affordable device that might enable lucid dreaming
Bill Frist: How to wean America from its dangerous food addiction
Posted on May 22, 2012, at 10:20 AMThe nation's obesity epidemic is as much about brain chemistry as it is poor diet and laziness — a fact we must realize if we're going to treat obesity effectively
The heavy price of obesity in America: By the numbers
Posted on May 2, 2012, at 9:12 AMNationally, nearly 36 percent of adults are obese, and businesses are spending billions to make everything from bathrooms to sports stadiums easier for them to navigate
Disturbing trend alert: The feeding-tube diet
Posted on April 16, 2012, at 3:14 PMThe latest weight-loss method to hit U.S. involves inserting a tube into your nose — and it's proving popular with brides-to-be desperate to shed pounds fast
Should hospitals ban obese employees?
Posted on April 9, 2012, at 8:43 AMCitizen's Medical Center in Texas is refusing to hire overweight workers because their heft goes against the hospital's healthful values, but some are crying foul
Are we underestimating how fat Americans are?
Posted on April 4, 2012, at 1:50 PMA new study suggests that many people who are classified as overweight are actually obese — and face health risks they didn't even know about
The green coffee bean: A miracle weight-loss drug?
Posted on March 30, 2012, at 6:30 AMAn extract made from unprocessed beans might be a powerful yet affordable tool to help people shed pounds, and lots of them
A good night's rest: The key to eating less?
Posted on March 19, 2012, at 6:25 AMA new study suggests that the sleep deprived may consume an extra 549 calories a day — about the equivalent of eating a Big Mac
The CDC's shocking new anti-smoking campaign: Will it work?
Posted on March 16, 2012, at 11:45 AMThe best way to scare smokers into quitting? Ask former smokers to demonstrate how ruthlessly tobacco destroyed their bodies
FuelBand: Will Nike's 'futuristic' wristband make fitness cool?
Posted on March 12, 2012, at 12:58 PMThe shoe company's new exercise bracelet turns working out into a stylishly competitive game. But will it convince people to get out and move?
America's teen smoking 'epidemic': By the numbers
Posted on March 9, 2012, at 1:23 PMRoughly 1 in 4 high school seniors smoke cigarettes, according to an unsettling new federal report
The future of weight loss: A 'marijuana' diet pill?
Posted on March 9, 2012, at 7:15 AMLimiting a pot-like brain compound that regulates metabolism allows genetically altered mice to stay skinny without exercising. Is a dream pill far behind?
Does sleep get better as we age?
Posted on March 2, 2012, at 4:51 PMScientists have long believed that older adults have trouble getting a good night's rest. A new study claims that's simply not true
Proof that the Nintendo Wii fails to make kids fit?
Posted on March 1, 2012, at 6:40 AMSo-called "active" video games might not do as great a job as we thought at making children more physically active
Qnexa: Is the new anti-obesity drug too risky?
Posted on February 24, 2012, at 3:15 PMThe FDA hasn't approved a new weight loss drug in 13 years. Now, an advisory panel is endorsing a previously rejected diet pill. What changed?
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A lingerie store fires a staffer for being too buxom — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
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- The curse of curviness
- The 10 weirdest new species of 2012
- 6 photos that Facebook controversially banned
- 'The Choom Gang': 9 juiciest details from Barack Obama's days as a pothead
- The ambitious plan to build Star Trek's USS Enterprise
- The Catholic mega-lawsuit is a 2012 nightmare for Obama
- Gay celebrities and the decline of the 'mega-outing'
- Men in Black 3: Surprisingly touching?
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- Point. Shoot. Focus.
- Is the world running out of helium?
- The week's best photojournalism
- Dissecting the Mayan apocalypse
- Romney vs. Obama: Whose side is Colin Powell on?
- 5 more startling new facts about sleep
- The curse of curviness
- 6 strange objects found in people's stomachs
- High-tech living: A slideshow
- Mitt Romney's 1981 arrest and 4 other times he lost his cool
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