Studies suggest that liposuction causes a rebound in fat gain, but not necessarily back to the areas where you lost it. You can’t get something for nothing — especially when it comes to weight loss. A new study by Brazilian researchers shows that when patients lose fat through liposuction — a popular ...

Every June we’re flooded with Father’s Day gift guides. While some of these ideas are reasonable, other gift recommendations don’t seem as if they were actually recommended by any dad on the planet. Bearing in mind that most fathers truly don’t want much of anything for Father’s Day, here are ...

Dads today are probably more like Homer Simpson than Ward Cleaver. But fathers do more around the house and are far more involved with their children than their fathers were. So show a little respect and appreciation, huh? Some data to factor in before honoring dad on Father’s Day this year: 1/3 ...

Why is it that it’s so difficult to buy gifts for dads on Father’s Day? The answer, which many marketers and quite a few sons and daughters don’t want to hear, is that plenty of dads truly don’t want anything that’s bought in a store. It’s at this time of year ...

A new study finds that people could more accurately remember the health warnings included in graphic cigarette labels than in standard text-only Surgeon General's warnings. If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has its way, warning labels on cigarette packs and advertisements are about to get a lot more grisly ...

Want to gamble smarter, make less risky financial decisions or cut down on your drinking? Practice stopping yourself midway through a simple physical movement, new research suggests. Although controlling risky impulses may seem unrelated to inhibiting physical movements, research increasingly finds that the brain processes both situations similarly. That means that ...

If New York City bans big sodas, what’s next on the list? Large slices of pizza? Double-scoop ice cream cones? Tubs of movie-theater popcorn? The 16-ounce strip steak? The proposed crackdown on super-sized drinks could face a legal challenge from those who oppose the first-in-the-nation rule and fear the city isn’t ...

Whites sleep better than Asians, who sleep better than blacks. Why? There’s no shortage of reasons that many Americans don’t get enough sleep: stress, obesity, late-night shifts on the job, to name just a few. Now new research suggests another factor to consider as well — their race or ethnicity. In two ...