ScienceDaily: Living Well News

A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a chocolate chip cookie labeled 'consumer complaint' won't taste as good as the exact same product described as 'new and improved,' a new study suggests.

Lead haunts old homes in chipping paint and pipes, but it also lurks outside, in soil. It's the stuff of mud pies and garden plots, crumbling from boot treads to join household dust in forgotten corners. It's easily overlooked, but soil can be an important source of lead where children live and play.

A new study found that spousal education is positively related to people's overall health, with an effect size that rivals the impact of a person's own education.