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When considering the life of the daily commuter, it’s a wonder that more people aren’t being sucked into a psychotic cesspool of road rage and suicidal tendencies while locked deep inside the great American traffic jam.

As the old saying goes, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but perhaps not for the reasons you think. New research actually shows that people who consistently eat breakfast have a significantly reduced risk of type 2 diabetes.

Anyone with a car and a nearby paved street knows that there are more people on the road than ever before. The strangest part is that most of them are in cars.

About 50 years ago, after ad agencies in New York discovered that Friday productivity during the sunny summer months was almost zero, many of them instituted “Summer Fridays” that would give employees long weekends. The idea soon caught on in other industries, but a new poll reveals that even people who can take Fridays off are often too overworked to do so.

Snoring isn’t just annoying to people within earshot, it can also be dangerous.

A controversial decade-old study that seemed to suggest some gay people can become straight has been used by countless opponents of gay rights, who say it proves homosexuality is a chosen lifestyle. But now the author of that study says it was flawed, and he’s apologized to the gay community for the heartache it’s caused them.

Many dieticians recommend that the best way to stick to a healthy weight is to have three meals and one snack daily. Yet new statistics say almost half of Americans sneak in at least two snacks every day.

If you’ve ever listened to a member of Congress speak and felt like you were being addressed as a child, it’s not your imagination. A new study shows congresspeople now talk at a 10th grade level — a full grade lower than they did just seven years ago.

Earlier this week the Center of Disease Control published a new report stating that although Americans are living longer these days, they are still getting fatter.

Researchers now say they can tell whether people are depressed without even talking to them first — all they have to do is watch how those individuals use the internet.