Stories by Jordan Lite

MIND Reviews: The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty

MIND Reviews: The Emotional Life of Your Brain

MIND Reviews: The Power of Habit

Hesitant Speech Helps Kids, Um, Learn

Filled pauses direct toddlers' attention to new words

Money over Matter: Can Cash Incentives Keep People Healthy?

Losing weight or quitting smoking might just be a small bonus away

Less Sleep Linked to Blues in Teens

Earlier bedtimes set by parents protect against depression

How Can You Control Your Dreams?

The ability to manipulate our dream worlds goes beyond the science fiction plot of the movie Inception. A dream expert from Harvard University explains how it works

Kids' Smiles Predict Their Future Marriage Success

Childhood photos reveal happiness levels later in married life

News Scan Briefs: Hand Transplant Recipients Switch Handedness

Also: ending nerve damage from needles, "caveman" connection to humans, electromagnetic chatter, and laser beams that curve

Stephen Hawking still hospitalized, but "comfortable"

NIH issues new stem cell research guidelines

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today released draft guidelines that permit federal funding for research on stem cells from human embryos set to be discarded by fertility clinics...

Money for cheaper herb-based malaria meds

Epilepsy med linked to decreased IQ

GSK and Pfizer in HIV company merger

Soot solution: New stoves?

Rare polio death in Minnesota

On the (pillow) case: EPA tackles bedbugs

In labor? Stand, sit, walk... But don't lie down

Hey would-be moms, eager to pick up the pace of your delivery? One piece of advice: don't lie down.

Researchers report in today's Cochrane Review that women who knelt, sat or walked around during the early stages of labor instead of lying in bed sliced as much as an hour off of the birthing process...

North Korea says it won't negotiate over nukes

Diabetics insulin-free after stem-cell transplants