Not too long ago, the idea that a person could be addicted to sex seemed either a joke or preposterous. In fact, I recall more than a few interviewers and TV hosts giving Steve McQueen a hard time about his film Shame, starring Michael Fassbender as man whose sex addiction … Read More
Burning the midnight oil again? Well, here’s the thing: you might actually be mortgaging your future. That torturously mixed metaphor comes courtesy of my poor sleep, which a new study in PLOS One suggests may cause problems with dementia down the road. The many negative results of poor sleep are … Read More
When do you start thinking a little slower? Forty? Thirty-five? Thirty? Try twenty-four. According to a study published in PLOS One, your brain starts showing it’s age and declining cognitively at an average of twenty-four. How’d we that that result? Easy: Starcraft 2. Here’s the handy thing about Starcraft 2, … Read More
So, you’re exercising to extend your life, improve your response to stress, and help your heart—but how hard are you doing it? Chances are, you’re overestimating the intensity of your exercise. That’s according to a new study out of Toronto’s York University and published in PLOS One. How bad is … Read More
Stop me if you’re heard this: you’re in your twenties. You don’t have kids, you don’t have any major health problems, and you’ve never had any kind of neurological trouble. So why are you forgetting things? According to a study just published in PLOS One, even young adults can have … Read More
