Hectic Lives Might Lead to Having Brains That Age Better and other top stories.

• Hectic Lives Might Lead to Having Brains That Age Better

  

  Hectic or busy lives might lead to having a brain that ages better, according to the findings of a recent study called the Dallas Lifespan Brain Study. While past studies have looked at the relationship between engaging the brain in challenging intellectual activities and the positive benefits they have on slowing down the aging of the brain, this new study is one of the few that has examined what benefit, if any, having a busy or hectic life has on the way brains age, according to TIME. The s..

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• California's Anti-Vaping Law Puts Puritanism Above Health

  

  vapedirectuk/flickrI like to quote H.L. Mencken's definition of Puritanism: "The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." It often applies in the California state capitol, with one of the latest anti-tobacco bills—five of which were signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) earlier this month—being an obvious example of what Baltimore's favorite cynic was talking about. RELATED ARTICLES 5.13.16 4:30 am 5.06.16 12:01 am 4.29.16 12:01 am Most attention has focused o..

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• Psychiatrist dubbed 'Dr. Death' accused of murder in pain pill overdoses

  

  A Georgia psychiatrist has been indicted on three counts of felony murder and 59 counts of unauthorized distribution of pain medicine prescriptions after at least 12 of his patients died of overdoses.  Narendra Nagareddy, 57, was originally arrested in January in the death of one patient, 29-year-old Audrey Austin. He was bailed out of jail and had been under house arrest ever since, but was arrested Tuesday on additional charges. On Wednesday, Nagareddy was charged in the overdose deaths of Da..

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• This Boy Fighting Cancer Is About To Become An Honorary FDNY Firefighter

  

  The New York City Fire Department is about to add another valiant firefighter to its team, and he happens to be just 3 years old.  On May 31, Trucker Dukes will be sworn in as an FDNY honorary firefighter by Commissioner Daniel Nigro. The 3-year-old was diagnosed with stage IV neuroblastoma when he was 19 months old, and now travels back and forth with his mom from his home in Hawaii to New York, where he receives treatment. Trucker's dad, Joshua Dukes, is a Maui firefighter, and his work spark..

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• Quashed report warned of prison health crisis

  

  Surgeon General Richard Carmona in a 2004 photo(Photo: Evan Vucci, AP)WASHINGTON — A government report, blocked from publication a decade ago, presciently warned of an advancing, double-barreled health crisis of mental illness and substance abuse that has currently swamped the nation’s vast prison systems.The 2006 document,  prepared by then-Surgeon General Richard Carmona, urged government and community leaders to formulate a treatment strategy for thousands of sick and addicted inmates that al..

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