A new study shows that the antioxidant polyphenol in dark chocolate may make you feel calmer and more content.
Concerns about the potential health risks from arsenic in infant rice cereal has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to propose limits for one of America's favorite baby foods.
Most research shows little benefit to consuming more than 2.2g of protein per kg of lean body mass.
There’s been a lot of back-and-forth recently about how much sleep we really need, with recent studies suggesting that some long-held notions about this may be outdated. For example, a recently published study challenged the widely held belief that adults need an average of eight hours of sleep a night to function well.
A new brain study reveals some new clues about the biological mechanisms involved in natural forgetting of long-term memory.
Babies born to mothers who smoke during pregnancy show modifications in their DNA that mirror those seen in adult smokers, according to findings from a meta-analysis of DNA methylation studies.
