Educational Science

This Area of the Brain May Explain a Link Between Poor Sleep and Depression

People whose brains respond strongly to rewards may be less prone to some of the negative effects of sleep deprivation, a new study finds. One of those negative effects is depression, according to the study. Poor sleep has been linked to depression, both as a risk factor for the mental...

Quitting smoking by age 35 brings your risk of death in line with 'never smokers'

Cigarette smokers who quit before age 35 have similar death rates within a given time period to those who have never smoked at all, a large study suggests. Those who stopped smoking at later ages still saw substantial benefits, the research found, but their death rates exceeded those who quit...

Doctors just performed what appears to be the first double-lung transplant for a patient suffering from vaping-related injury. The 17-year-old patient had been sustained on an ECMO machine, which helps support heart and lung function, for more than a month before undergoing surgery, his medical team reported during a news...

FDA Targets Mint-, Fruit-Flavored E-Cigarettes to Protect Young Vapers

Yesterday (Jan. 2), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new policy to crack down on companies that sell mint- and fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes, popular products among children and teens. The policy aims to quell the widespread use of e-cigarettes among U.S. minors, because this use places millions of...

Scared? Your Sleep Quality Could Be to Blame

The quality of your sleep could play a role in how your brain responds to fear, which, in turn, could determine how likely you are to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a small, new study suggests. People in the study who got more rapid eye movement (REM) sleep had less...

Why Are Healthy People Dying From Vaping?

The mysterious vaping outbreak in the U.S. has led to nearly 1,300 lung injuries and 26 deaths as of last week, including deaths among young, seemingly healthy people. But what makes these illnesses so serious, and even deadly? So far, state and federal investigators haven't found what's causing the illnesses,...

There's Mounting Evidence That This Vaping Additive Is Behind Lung Illnesses

Officials have more evidence that a chemical called vitamin E acetate is playing a role in the recent vaping outbreak, which has sickened thousands of Americans. On Tuesday (Nov. 26), researchers at the Minnesota Department of Health released the results of a study in which they analyzed 20 vaping products...

Vaping Outbreak Death Toll Reaches 33

Nearly three dozen people have died from vaping-related lung illnesses as the nationwide outbreak that continues to grow. Today (Oct. 17), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the outbreak's death toll has climbed to 33, up from 26 deaths reported last week. The outbreak victims range...

Daylight Saving Crime: When Clocks Fall Back, Assaults Spike

Daylight saving time ends on Sunday, Nov. 5, which means most people in the U.S. will turn their clocks back an hour — but a new study finds that this extra bit of shut-eye may not be as beneficial as some may think. In the study, researchers found that assault...

Nicotine vapes are one of the best tools to help people quit smoking, review of 300 trials suggests

Nicotine e-cigarettes are among the best tools to help people quit smoking. That's according to an analysis of more than 300 clinical trials that collectively included more than 150,000 adult smokers worldwide. The data suggest that nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, or vapes — handheld devices that deliver nicotine via an aerosol with...