Addiction to anything is a powerful force that often ruins lives, and in some extremes, takes lives. Smoking cigarettes is one of the worst of the type of things you can be addicted to. The reason for this is that usually when people get addicted to something, such as the …
Read More »Scientists Investigate Measles Vaccine’s Side Effect: Decreased Child Mortality
New research explains the link between the introduction of the measles vaccine and an overall drop in child mortality Half a century ago, measles vaccines were introduced in the United States. What followed was an impressive decrease in child mortality – and not just from the measles. Childhood deaths from a whole …
Read More »Safety Scare in New Diet Drug Contrave
Anyone who believes that a pill is the sole answer to their excessive body weight problems is someone I will never be able to understand. While these pills are sometimes proven to work, the effects are often minimal without the aid of proper diet and exercising on a regular basis. …
Read More »Unplugged – Disconnecting From Technology And The City
Breaking The Cycle It’s easy to see that we live in the age of technology. In an era where time seems to be so valuable that we make everything happen in an instant. Contacting people through text to relay information…instantly. Driving up to a window to receive a meal…instantly. …
Read More »Teens, Young Adults and Alcohol Consumption
Studies are showing that teenagers and young adults binge drinking is increasing dramatically as the years go by. The reason I think this is happening is because of the amount of curiosity that goes on through a person’s mind when you tell them no for no good reason, combined with …
Read More »The Infamous “Dad Bod” and Why You Should Think Twice About It
I’ll be honest, I had no idea that this whole “dad bod” was even a thing up until about a week or two ago, but either way, it is ridiculous. From my understanding, the concept of the dad bod is that women are supposedly more attracted to a man who …
Read More »Swedish study: Celiac disease’s correlation with neuropathy
Those with Celiac disease are at a higher risk of another disease called neuropathy, Swedish researchers discovered. Celiac disease, estimated to affect one per cent of the general population, is a digestive disorder that involves a sensitivity to gluten, a protein found in rye, barley, wheat and hundreds of other …
Read More »Family with Autistic Daughter Kicked off United Airlines Flight
A mother is claiming she was humiliated and is planning to sue United Airlines for kicking her family off a recent flight to Oregon. The family was on their way from Walt Disney World to Florida when the plane made an emergency landing in Utah where the family was escorted …
Read More »Opposing Views: The Dating World
When it comes to the world of dating going online, there are a lot of new elements to consider. For example, you need to consider if you are actually talking to a real person and not a computer, if they are who they say they are, and most importantly, their …
Read More »Alcohol Consumption: Straight vs. Curved Glasses
The glass that we choose to drink out of when we have guests over, or the glasses that we are given to drink out of when we go to a bar or to a friend’s house, is something we often do not think about. However, when it is brought to …
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