HealthTricks

By Amanda Gardner Menthol cigarettes now account for more than one-quarter of all cigarettes sold in the U.S. In fact, menthols—often described as “cooling,” “soothing,” and “smooth”—make up a growing share of the shrinking cigaret

By Amanda Gardner If you love salty snacks and reach for the saltshaker like clockwork at every meal, you might think you have dull or underpowered taste buds that need a boost to get excited. In fact, just the opposite may be true: A new study

By Denise Mann The next time you order Chinese food or need a side dish to serve with dinner, you’re better off choosing brown rice instead of white. Eating more brown rice and cutting back on white rice may reduce your risk of diabetes, a new s

By Amanda Gardner Heart attacks dropped by 24% in a large cross section of Northern Californians over the past decade, most likely due to less smoking, better blood pressure control, and lower cholesterol, a new study reports. What’s more,

By Sarah Klein Being short isn’t easy. Short people make less money, have a harder time finding a mate, and are less likely to be elected to public office, statistics show. A new study suggests that it gets worse: The shortest short people�

By Anne Harding Sleep-deprived high school students who doze off in class aren’t just risking the wrath of their teachers. They’re also three times more likely to be depressed than their alert classmates who get enough sleep, a new study has

By Amanda Gardner If you want to know what’s in your TV dinner or Twinkies—a big if—all you need to do is look on the package. But if you smoke cigarettes and want to know what you’re inhaling, you’re out of luck. For years, tobacco c

Young men with low IQs are much more likely than their peers to attempt suicide later in life, a new study has found. In fact, men with the lowest IQs are about four times more likely to attempt suicide as those with the highest, and the risk ten

By Jenifer Goodwin If you shudder at the thought of having to start the day without a cup of coffee, new research hints at why you may feel this way. Regular coffee drinkers seem to need caffeine to return to their normal state of alertness and