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Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men? Women live longer than men. This simple statement holds a tantalizing riddle that Steven Austad and Kathleen Fischer of the University of Alabama at Birmingham explore in a perspective piece published in Cell Metabolism on June 14. “Humans are Read More

Earlier & Adequate Sleep = Healthier Heart Benjamin Franklin might have been onto something when he said, “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” Well at least heart healthy according to a new study. Researchers are making a strong Read More

Charge Up by Shutting Down Bedtime hasn’t been this difficult since you were a toddler — throwing your tired self on the floor in a tantrum, insisting you weren’t ready for the day to end. With a smartphone in your pocket, an electronic tablet in your bag, and laptops and Read More