Removal of the ovaries may increase the risk for colorectal cancer, a new study concludes.
Well: To Keep Obesity at Bay, Exercise May Trump Diet
Young rats prone to obesity are much less likely to fulfill that unhappy destiny if they run during adolescence than if they do not.
Well: American Girl Has a Hit With Diabetes Doll Kit
American Girl, the doll company, has introduced a diabetes care kit for dolls, and it has sold so briskly it is already on back order.
Well: To Help Students Learn, Engage the Emotions
“It is literally neurobiologically impossible to think deeply about things that you don’t care about,” says the neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang.
Well: Medical Errors May Cause Over 250,000 Deaths a Year
If medical error were considered a disease, a new study has found, it would be the third leading cause of death in the United States.
Well: How Well Do You Know Your Food Labels?
Test your supermarket savvy with this quiz, adapted from the new book “Devoured: From Chicken Wings to Kale Smoothies — How What We Eat Define Who We Are.”
Well: Flu Shots Protect Babies, Too
Here’s one more reason pregnant women should get a flu shot: It not only protects mothers, but a large study suggests it prevents flu in the infant, too.
Wired Well: A Shocking Way (Really) to Break Bad Habits
A device called the Pavlok is being marketed as a way to actually fulfill those New Year’s resolutions, by delivering a jolt.
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