When Ichiro Kawachi established a cohort study in Iwanuma, Japan, in 2010, he thought he would be researching the predictors ...

The United Health Foundation has released the second installment of its reporting series for 2016 — “America’s Health Rankings Spotlight: Impact of Unhealthy Behaviors” — in partnership with the ...

Recently, we had reports that unhealthy gambling has increased in Maryland (“Does Maryland have a sports betting problem?” Oct. 17). This means that more people are losing control when it comes to ...

I have minor surgery written on my dance card. So, my thoughts zip to my fear of having my blood pressure taken. Mine is a decades-long fear. It started in 1968 — when I was 33 years old. An insurance ...

A number of criteria have been proposed by Dubois and other analysts, which offer reasonable grounds for striking an ethically appropriate balance between completely ignoring unhealthy behaviors and ...

I’ve coached athletes, founders, and students long enough to see a simple truth: behavior is not good or bad on its face. It’s about alignment. If a habit moves you closer to where you want to be—or ...

I have met some naughty cats. I have also known some misunderstood ones. I asked my friend Chris Barry why humans are sometimes like that, too. He is a psychologist at Washington State University. He ...