Dyslexia may be rooted in a problem the brain has in teasing out dis­tinct sounds from the incoming garble, researchers say. Con­sid­ered a learning dis­ability, dyslexia makes it dif­fi­cult to … read more »

Jeff Born, a North­eastern Uni­ver­sity finance pro­fessor and director of the exec­u­tive MBA pro­gram, told the Chris­tian Sci­ence Mon­itor it will only get worse. “If you like bacon [and] pork, you should … read more »

Sixty years after their country came under mil­i­tary dic­ta­tor­ship, Egyp­tians are for the first time freely electing their president.

Dis­eases that strike dif­ferent parts of the body—and that don’t seem to resemble each other at all—may actu­ally have a lot in common.

Jim Bob Duggar may have fired up Rick San­torum during last week’€™s Iowa cau­cuses, but the Repub­lican pres­i­den­tial can­di­dates are steering clear of bringing more of Hol­ly­wood into their cam­paigns … read more »

Returning to work after mater­nity leave is a huge stressor for many first time moms, not only because of the logis­tical hoops you have to jump through to re-​​​​arrange your … read more »

Times are hard for teens these days. Really hard.

By hijacking planes from U.S. air­ports on Sept. 11, 2001, and flying them into the Pen­tagon and the World Trade Center, ter­ror­ists killed thou­sands of inno­cent people and first respon­ders … read more »