The wonder of Radium, a glowing treasure discovered by Marie Curie, blinded the world to its perils... and it quickly became ...

Soon, he fell violently ill - but instead of stopping, he continued drinking the substance as he continued to lose weight, ...

The hundreds of young women who worked in watch factories throughout the 1920s were exposed to so much radium that they used to come home glowing in the dark. Then they found that the exposure caused ...

But new research suggests that the timing of coffee consumption matters, too. People who only drink coffee in the morning, instead of throughout the day, have a lower risk of heart disease and ...

The findings counter the long-held belief that the pleasure people experience when drinking alcohol decreases with addiction and that drinking to intoxication is mainly to reduce negative feelings ...

In the early 20th century, the world went ‘raving mad on the subject of radium’, according to George Bernard Shaw. The newly ...

drinking it daily for years. At first, he felt stronger, more energized—until his bones began to dissolve. His teeth fell out, his jaw crumbled, and his body became dangerously radioactive. What ...

Many people around the world enjoy coffee every day, but there has been much debate about its effects on health. A new study from Semmelweis University suggests that drinking up to three cups of ...

People who are genuinely big-hearted with their time and efforts have a healthy self-regard, they know what they value as well as what gives them meaning. A people-pleaser, however, does not have ...