What do Jimi Hendrix, Glenn Gould, Wynton Marsalis, Crystal Gayle and Paul McCartney have in common, besides being acclaimed musicians? All are left-handed. Does being left-handed present extra ...

We’ve all heard the whispers. Those southpaws among us supposedly have some kind of secret intellectual edge. From Leonardo da Vinci sketching with his left hand to Einstein supposedly jotting down ...

Is life much harder for lefties? Few people think so, but a significant portion of the population — about four in 10 — do think that life is a little harder for them. Most, however, don't think being ...

Thanks to left-handers like Jimi Hendrix, Aristotle, and Marie Curie, most of us correlate the hand preference with either intellect or ingenuity. Research has consistently suggested that left-handed ...

During opening weekend in Texas, Vanderbilt baseball made an unusual choice: using three left-handed pitchers in the weekend rotation. It's not a common strategy, both because there are fewer ...

Left-handed surgical residents and fellows reported persistent disorienting advice and stigma during training, according to a new study of 31 individuals from 15 US institutions. "Surgical education ...

In a world dominated by right-handed people, International Left Handers Day, which is celebrated annually on Aug. 13, affords the roughly 10% of Americans who are left-handed a day of recognition.

January 1, 1977, marks one of the more peculiar moments in American sports governance: the United States Polo Association ...