How Drug Courts Work

Judge Craig D. Hannah could certainly understand where the defendants in his courtroom are coming from. Presiding from the bench in Buffalo City Court in western New York, Hannah knew the sting of drug addiction. He was once hooked on cocaine, which derailed his chances of becoming an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. Moreover, he presides in a city where the number of opioid overdoses has been on the rise for years. See more

How Long Does LASIK Last?

If you've ever been saddled with eyeglasses so thick that the lenses look like Coke bottles glasses, you've probably considered LASIK surgery, a fast, safe procedure that began proliferating throughout the United States in the 1990s. In just a few minutes, LASIK can correct eye problems like myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. But some patients notice that months or years later their vision seems to worsen again. So how long does LASIK really last? See More

Do Too-tight Jog Bras Impair Breathing?

FDA Takes Step Toward Non-addictive Cigarettes

Online Dating Is Increasing Interracial Marriage

Especially in the early days of online dating, the match-making mechanism took a lot of flak for being cold and impersonal. People were just so used to meeting potential mates at social events or through friends and family that the idea of turning a virtual stranger into lifelong love was far-fetched, to say the least. As it turns out, the inherent objectivity of online dating is dramatically influencing interracial relationships and marriage. A computer model developed by a pair of researchers from the University of Essex in the U.K. and the University of Vienna in Austria, published October 2, 2017, shows that establishing brand-new connections via online dating leads people to more rapid social integration because they're interacting with people they previously had no ties to. This data is backed up by a significant uptick in interracial marriages over the last couple of decades. See More >>>