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panbazil/shutterstock.com The results of a small study showed that people took longer to fall asleep at night and slept for a shorter time during a full moon. Swiss researchers said Thursday that people really do have a hard time getting a good night’s sleep when the moon is full, even when they can’t see it. The results of a study ...

Joel Cairo: NYDN Freelance/Joel Cairo for New York Daily Ne The research paves the way for new treatments for people with cat allergies, scientists said. A new study offers hope for cat lovers with feline allergies. Researchers at the University of Cambridge said they’ve identified how a protein in cat dander triggers the immune system’s adverse response, according to a ...

Getty Providing toilets could save the lives of more than 200,000 children each year, a diplomat from Singapore told the U.N. The United Nations on Wednesday declared November 19 as World Toilet Day following a proposal by Singapore whose envoy said he did not care if jokes are made. “I am sure there will be laughter among the press and ...

DKTHQ via YouTube “Josh” translates as “excitement” in Urdu. Pakistan has pulled a condom commercial off the air following more than 1,000 complaints that its broadcast was immoral during the fasting month of Ramadan. The commercial features a couple wondering how their neighbor managed to land a glamorous wife, only to have the beaming husband reveal his secret – a ...

Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. is in the process of developing ways to reduce the number of GMO ingredients on hits menu.  For the American restaurant chain Chipotle, “food with integrity” now means using fewer GMO products. In March, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. jumped into the debate over genetically engineered foods, becoming the first U.S. company to post labels ...

Enid Alvarez/New York Daily News Thomas Farley, city health commissioner, holds up one of the coupons that doctors can ‘prescribe’ to encourage patients to eat more fruits and vegetables. Take two tomatoes and call me in the morning. City officials unveiled a new get-healthy program Tuesday where doctors will “prescribe” a menu of fresh fruits and vegetables to patients battling ...

Diverse Images/UIG A new study finds that exposure to crack cocaine in the womb is not as harmful to a child’s health as being raised in poverty.  Perhaps the hysteria over “crack babies” was misplaced. Babies whose mothers smoked crack cocaine while pregnant do not face the kinds of health risks that many scientists initially feared, a new study has ...

Mauro Pezzotta/shutterstock.com Wine consumption among middle-aged men has been linked to lower mortality rate from heart disease and stroke. A wide sweeping study has found a link between moderate wine consumption and a lower risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease and cancer among middle-aged men, lending more credence to the French paradox. After following up with 35,292 men over about ...

Pearl Gabe/New York Daily News Actor David Singletary of East Harlem exemplifies the trim status that Manhattan men enjoy in a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. He lost more than 200 pounds in the gym after moving to New York from Florida … Their wallets are fat, but their bodies ...

Papa don’t panic! New York City can be a terrifying place to raise kids, so some devoted dads are fighting their fears by disinfecting subway poles, logging the weights of poopy diapers down to the ounce, and keeping the plastic surgeon on speed-dial in casejunior gets a bad boo-boo. Heard of helicopter moms? Consider these hovering pops Black Hawk Dads. ...