Even if you are a non-smoker who exercises and has no genetic predisposition to cardiovascular disease, skimping on sleep鈥攐r getting too much of it鈥攃an boost your risk of heart attack.
Autism prevalence, which has historically been higher among white children, is now more common among black youth in most states and climbing faster among Hispanic youth than any other groups.
Children whose mothers lack a college education are significantly more likely to die young, particularly from unintentional injuries, according to a sweeping new CU Boulder study of more than 377,000 youth.
Cannabis researcher and professor Kent Hutchison has teamed up with the global online learning platform Coursera to launch a first-of-its-kind educational specialization 鈥淢edical Cannabis: Health Effects of THC and CBD.鈥�
The organizations charged with overseeing U.S. Olympic sports from the elite level down to the youth level earned an average score of 58 out of 100 for self-governance in a new study published Tuesday.
Droughts, floods, natural disasters鈥攏ew research shows, without radical reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, one in four armed conflicts will result from climate change by century鈥檚 end.
CU recently hosted nearly 250 participants from the military, athletic, investment, scientific and entrepreneurial communities for a day-long exploration of where the limits of human performance lie and how to push those limits.
Thirty years after scientists suggested increased exposure to microorganisms could benefit health, CU Boulder researchers have identified an anti-inflammatory fat in a soil-dwelling bacterium that may be partly responsible.
