Marry Up? Robbing the Cradle Could Shorten Your Life


Updated 06/08/10 6:41 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 9 comments

Marrying a Younger Man Shortens a Woman's Life Expectancy

Add this to the cons of being a cougar: while men who marry younger women live longer, women who join up with their juniors actually cut their lives short. According to new data from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, the bigger the age difference between husband and wife, the lower the wife's life expectancy, whether her mate is older or younger. Previously, scientists thought Read more

Ready For Turn of the Century? Women May Live to 120


Updated 01/15/10 12:41 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 18 comments

Ready For Turn of the Century? Women May Live to 120

Are you saving for your retirement? You better start! Science suggests that women could live to age 120. Women are biologically better equipped to fight off disease, and the Times of London reports that older women today are already proving that a longer life span doesn't mean more years of early bird specials, bingo, and daytime television. At least not right away: Plenty of women are happily Read more

Extreme Obesity As Bad As a Lifetime of Smoking


Updated 10/14/11 11:49 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 16 comments

Extreme Obesity Can Take 10 Years Off Your Life

We typically think of smoking as the baddest of all bad habits, but a new study suggests that extreme obesity could be just as unhealthy. In fact, being extremely obese — that is, 100 or more pounds over your healthy weight — could take as many as 10 years off your life. These revelations come out of a new analysis based on studies of more than 900,000 people, mostly from the US and Western Read more

Get Out Your Clubs and Live Longer


Updated 10/14/11 11:48 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 15 comments

Get Out Your Clubs and Live Longer

If you've never golfed a game in your life, this recent news may inspire you to hit the links. According to a recent Swedish study, golfers have a life expectancy that's five years longer than non-golfers. Amazing, isn't it? I mean we all know that golfing is great for your health because it reduces stress, and all that walking the 18 holes (instead of riding in the cart) is a moderate workout. Read more

Men in Black 3: A Return to (Alien Life) Form


Updated 05/26/12 6:14 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Men in Black 3 Movie Review

I saw the original Men in Black movie so long ago that my memories of the film might as well have been zapped with a neuralyzer (that's the memory-erasing device the guys use in the movie, for those of you who are also having trouble recalling the original). What I did retain is that the film was funny, fresh, and silly and that it didn't hold up very well for the 2002 sequel. With that in mind, Read more

"I'm a 20-Something Seeking Literary Wisdom"


Updated 05/25/12 3:36 PM · Posted by · 10 comments

Books For Quarter Life Crisis

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I'll keep it brief, because I imagine my issue is one that virtually all women go through at multiple stages of life... Basically, I'm at a certain "milestone" in my life — my first career after college, my first time on my own, my first time having to be an adult in every sense of the Read more

8 Myths About Sex Differences


Updated 05/25/12 9:05 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Myths About Gender Differences

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Agustín Fuentes points out that when it comes to men and women, what "everyone knows" isn’t what science shows. Everyone knows that men and women are really different. We think differently and act differently because we are wired differently. I mean look at our brains and genitals: they are just Read more

Glee-ful Highlights From Season Finale "Goodbye"


Updated 05/24/12 8:15 AM · Posted by · 6 comments

Glee Season 3 Finale Recap

We say goodbye to McKinley High's graduating class of 2012 on this week's season finale of Glee, and while we'll be seeing a lot of these characters next year, for some, it was their swan song (pardon the pun). Everyone is feeling nostalgic, not the least of whom is Mr. Schue, who gives the kids an assignment of picking a goodbye song. The episode is mostly devoted to the characters giving each Read more

5 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Paying For College


Updated 05/23/12 10:16 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Important Facts About Paying For College

Paying for college is such a complex issue. LearnVest helps simplify it by answering some key questions in regard to paying tuition. If you believe everything you read, then you might think you need to be a Rockefeller to have kids. That, of course, isn't the case. Yes, kids are expensive, and thinking about paying for a college education can be scary and frustrating . . . but that's where we Read more

Game of Thrones "The Prince of Winterfell": What We're Still Talking About


Updated 05/23/12 10:40 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Game of Thrones "The Prince of Winterfell" Recap

It's hard to believe that there are only two episodes of Game of Thrones left, and this week feels like the calm before the storm. As Robb, Theon, Tyrion, and Stannis prepare for some serious battles, the ladies in all of their lives start making some moves of their own. Catelyn takes family matters into her own hands, Talisa finally seals the deal with Robb, and Osha's keeping a secret. As the Read more