Spend any time around teens and you know they’re adept at tuning out adults—especially if those adults are delivering a lecture about the teen’s drug and alcohol use.

We’ve all enjoyed losing ourselves in a good book, but what if the story could change our lived experience? It may sound like science fiction, yet Andrea Stevenson Won uses a similar concept to study how virtual reality can treat real-life pain.

Taking the bus is a whole lot safer than taking the car – and it's also safer for cyclists and pedestrians who take the same routes, according to a new study led by the Université de Montréal Public Health Research Institute (IRSPUM).

A new poll busts stereotypes about the sex lives of oldies – and reveals gender and health-related divides on key aspects of sexual health while highlighting the need for more people to talk with their health providers about sexual issues.

There’s no denying that people are spending more time with screens, whether a smartphone or other digital device or a TV. A 2016 Nielsen report found that people spent over 10 hours a day in front of some kind of screen; by mid-2017 that number had already grown by a half-hour per day.

A new analysis by Johns Hopkins researchers of national data gathered from physical activity monitors concludes that most Americans hit the sack later on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Delayed bedtimes are especially pronounced for teens and young adults.