Use Your Freezer to Fight Food Waste, Protect the Planet

The bounty of the holidays often leads to loads of leftovers landing in the garbage after they go bad.

A freezer can prevent such food waste by preserving edible food for later meals, a new study suggests.

Discarded frozen items make up just 6% of wasted household food in the United States, according to results published recently in ...

Heat Waves Threaten Brain Health, Study Suggests

Global warming will increasingly have dire consequences for people with degenerative brain disorders like dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

Heat waves caused by climate change will exacerbate the symptoms of people with brain diseases, increasing their risk of death, researchers reported recently in the jou...

Moms Take on 70% of 'Mental Load' for Household Tasks: Study

If you're a mom right now, you are likely tearing your hair out as you juggle the sizable scheduling demands of the holiday season. Maybe you feel like you are carrying the load alone.

New research suggests you are not imagining things, and that it happens all year long to many moms.

The study, published recently in the <...

Norovirus Cases Are Up in Pockets of the U.S.

Norovirus, a highly contagious stomach bug, is surging across the United States this winter, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows 91 outbreaks of norovirus during the week of Dec. 5, a sharp rise from the 69 outbreaks recorded the previous week.

For context, the ...

CDC Reports Potentially Troublesome Mutations in Bird Flu Found in Louisiana Patient

Federal health officials have confirmed unsettling new details about the first United States case of severe bird flu, reported recently in a hospitalized patient in Louisiana.

Genetic samples from the patient contained mutations that could, in theory, help the virus better infect human cells.

Importantly, these mutations were observe...

Single Peoples' Personalities Differ from Partnered Peoples'

Single folks might seem like they’re free to have more fun, but a new study says they may pay the piper in their later years.

Lifelong single folks have lower scores on life satisfaction measures than those in long-term relationships, according to a study published recently in the journal Psychological Science.

Singles...