Smoking Heightens Women's Arthritis risk
Female smokers have nearly twice the risk of developing early-onset rheumatoid arthritis as their non-smoking counterparts. Smoking appears to raise the body's level of a rheumatoid factor generally found in patients with more severe arthritis. More

Depression in the Workplace
Clinical depression is one of the foremost costly illnesses, along with heart disease, cancer and AIDS. Depression costs the North American economy more than 55 billion each year in absenteeism from work, lost productivity and direct treatment costs. The annual economic cost of depression is more than $600 per depressed worker with only one-third of these costs for treatment, while two-thirds are costs related to absenteeism and lost productivity. More

Exercise Helps the Mind
Feeling blue? Doctors now are suggesting that an underused and inexpensive treatment appears to reduce depression and other mental disorders: exercise. More

Less time with partner, more interest in sex
When it comes to relationships, absence does make the heart grow fonder. According to researchers, the less time a man spends with his female partner, the more attractive he finds her, and the greater his interest in having sex with her again. More

High blood pressure linked to mental decline
Uncontrolled high blood pressure may be a risk factor for intellectual decline in older individuals, researchers report. More