Negative relationships don’t just affect your day-to-day well-being. They may also accelerate your aging. New research found that so-called “hasslers” — people in your social network who create stress or conflict — can increase your biological age by about nine months.

Legislative proposals to sunset daylight savings time have come, stalled or gone away, and spring forward season is again upon Nevada. That means later sunrises and sunsets, but it also means the need to adjust clocks — both external and internal.

Federal crash statistics show that distracted driving was a factor in about eight percent of all fatal crashes nationwide in recent years.

Smart toilets are an emerging technological advancement, especially for older adults, as non-invasive, passive, continuous home-based diagnostic tools available to the healthcare industry.

It’s well-established that stretching during exercise can prevent injuries and improve performance. But stretching may provide a range of health benefits even when you’re not working out. Daily stretching can improve circulation, enhance posture, and promote mental health, to name a few perks. Growing evidence suggests it may improve blood sugar levels and joint health, too.

In 2024, the dating app Feeld and a fellow from the Kinsey Institute released The State of Dating Report, a study that surveyed more than 3,000 Feeld members between the ages of 18-75 from 71 countries. The findings were striking: Nearly half of Gen Z respondents surveyed were single compared to one-fifth of older generations. Thirty-seven percent of Gen Zers reported not having any sex in the last month—matching the sexual frequency of surveyed Boomers—and they were twice as likely to say they longed for monogamy than older generations. Feeld’s reputation as a kink and hookup app makes these discoveries even more surprising. 

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is characterized by mood variations with a change in season, especially during the winter months, with reduced daylight.

Fast food chains are seemingly racing to reach a growing demand of customers using GLP-1s, or weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Dr. Manoj Sharma, professor at the Department of Social and Behavioral Health at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said food chains are expanding their menus to include items packed with protein and low in portion size.

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) or variation of mood with change in season, especially during months with reduced daylight, is a well-recognized condition that adversely affects the mental health and well-being of many people. It was first described in 1984 and is now classified as a distinct disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR), and related to major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.

Artificial sweeteners, also called nonnutritive sweeteners or non-sugar sweeteners, are created from chemicals in the lab. The first such chemical, saccharin, was accidentally invented by a Russian postdoctoral researcher, Constantin Fahlberg, working with his Professor, Ira Remsen, in 1879, when he noticed a sweet taste on his hand while refining coal tar derivatives. It was later commercialized by him as a sugar substitute. Today, besides saccharin, other approved artificial sweeteners include aspartame, sucralose, neotame, acesulfame-K, and advantame.

Distracted driving is doing another activity while driving, such as texting, talking on a cell phone, eating, thinking about something, and other disruptive activities. Since many people are on the road during the Holiday Season, this behavior becomes even more important from a public health perspective.

The causation and risk factors of gambling disorder are complex, with both genetic and environmental factors playing a role.