Lois Collins

3 days ago | deseret.com | Lois Collins

Among adolescents, night owls appear to be more impulsive than their morning lark peers, according to a new study being presented at the SLEEP 2025 annual conference in Seattle. Those with a self-reported preference for staying up late and sleeping in - the night owls - reported "greater negative urgency and lack of perseverance, which are two aspects of impulsivity," according to material from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

4 days ago | deseret.com | Lois Collins

Here's news that has little everyday-world application unless you're into forensics. But it's oddly fascinating for those who love trivia. Every time you've been in the water too long, your fingers wrinkle in the same identical pattern. It was a kid's question that led to the study by researchers at the State University of New York at Binghamton.

6 days ago | deseret.com | Lois Collins

The National Institute of Mental Health counts mental illnesses among common maladies not just in the U.S., but around the world, estimating that as much as 23% of the adult U.S. population faces mental challenges. Approximately 53 million Americans are family caregivers, providing varying degrees of support to relatives and loved ones because of disease, disability or simple frailty.

1 week ago | deseret.com | Lois Collins

The CDC will retain the COVID-19 vaccine on the general immunization schedule for children. The agency qualified the move with a 'shared decision-making' between parents and health care providers. The vaccines will continue to be available to 38 million participants in the 'Vaccines for Children' program. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement Tuesday that the COVID-19 vaccine would come off the immunization schedule for children caused a stir among medical groups and others.

1 week ago | deseret.com | Lois Collins

HHS updated the MAHA report after citing fictitious studies and incorrectly summarizing real ones. The White House attributes the mistakes in the report to 'formatting issues' that have since been addressed. Officials didn't answer questions about whether artificial intelligence was used in making the report. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has updated the much-anticipated Make America Healthy Again report on childhood illness that was released last week.