If your body is a work in progress, chances are you could use a little help reaching your weight loss goals. You’re not alone – millions of dieters turn to the Internet for aid with all the many aspects of diet and exercise. There are countless web sites dedicated to helping you reach your weight Read more »
Thomas Magill, crashed through the windshield of a Dodge Charger after falling 39 stories from an apartment building. Witnesses say he landed in the backseat after he jumped from a high rise on West 63rd Street in New York City. He survived a 39-story plunge from an apartment building by crashing into a parked car. Magill, who Read more »
Medical researchers have their work cut out for them now. A new study in the journal “Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research” has revealed that heavy drinkers outlive non drinkers. The explanation favored by Alcoholics Anonymous is that abstainers have frequently done serious damage to themselves before they switch over to abstaining from alcohol. But the Read more »
Marijuana can help reduce nerve pain from injuries or surgery for some people, new research reveals. A small group of patients with chronic nerve pain who smoked high potency pot said they had less pain than patients who smoked pot with less potent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), according to a new study coming out of Canada, where Read more »
The number of children with head injuries connected with sports appeared to rise between 1997 and 2007, according to a new study published in Pediatrics. The study compared concussion numbers with participation in five team sports, football, soccer, basketball, hockey and baseball. During that decade, emergency room visits involving concussions doubled from 3,800 to 7,800 Read more »
You’ve probably seen the footage of New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig giving his poignant, heartbreaking retirement speech in 1939. Gehrig was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable, fatal brain disease which became known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He passed away two years later. But did he actually have the disease named after Read more »
If you’re low carb dieting, you have to pay special attention to foods that provide you the nutrition you need, but otherwise might be missing when you eliminate all high carb foods from your diet. Read more »
Early reports of eggs contaminated with salmonella focused on the Midwest and West Coast states like California, but recent news reports reveal that tainted eggs are being found in states farther east like West Virginia. Read more »
The best gift book to give a youngster that isn’t your own is: Everyone Poops. You’re welcome. For decades, people who have a vested interest in how people poop have determined that toilets are detrimental to releasing the chocolate hostages. Daniel Lametti of Slate has written that research is now backing up the desirability of toiletless Read more »
Check your refrigerators for tainted eggs, again, and especially if you live in California and Nevada. Two new brands of eggs, Cardenas Market and Trafficanda Egg Ranch, have been recalled in the national salmonella outbreak. Trafficanda Egg Ranch brand eggs were distributed to California grocery stores and food-service companies. They were shipped in 12-egg cartons, Read more »
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