According to the National Sleep Foundation, adults should get between seven and nine hours of sleep every night. Teenagers need 8.5 to 9.5 hours, and school-age children need between ten and eleven hours [1]. Unfortunately for many of us, sleep can sometimes be elusive, and sleep problems are common. Some of us have trouble falling...
Home milk deliveries from local dairies and creameries used to be a part of the daily routine for many families up to the 1950s and ’60s. However as it became easier and cheaper to purchase milk from the store, the milkman began to disappear. Now, a change in consumer behavior is bringing back the milkmen....
Sometimes to get a job done you just have to do it yourself. That’s exactly what this Toronto man did when his community garden was in desperate need of new park stairs. Now, the city has threatened to tear it down. Toronto Man Builds Park Stairs In the summer of 2017, Adi Astl of Etobicoke...
Have you ever found mold on your bread, scraped it off, or cut it away and still ate it? Or, did you toss that slice but then grab another slice from the same loaf? Well, I hate to be the one to tell you, but you could potentially be ingesting some pretty bad toxins –...
A university student from the United Kingdom, aged 21, has suffered heart failure and near death after consuming four energy drinks a day over a period of 24 months. His excessive use of energy drinks left him in the intensive care unit and unable to continue his studies. 21 year old suffers heart failure: the...
Most people have heard of drink spiking. There are viral lists on how to avoid getting drugged or how to tell if a drink was tampered with. However, the issue is a lot more common than people think. Drink spiking — drugging someone by slipping a drug into their drink without their consent — has...
Our bodies are constantly telling us things, but if we don’t know how it sends messages, we will miss them. If something is wrong with your health, your body will try to show you in many ways: Appearance, energy, pain, fatigue, and more. Here are a few ways your body might be trying to tell...
Fine dining and a beautiful destination? This underwater restaurant in Norway is exactly that. If Norway is not yet on your bucket list, it might just become number one once you’ve seen this incredible place! Imagine being able to enjoy a gorgeous meal made from fresh ingredients while surrounded by ice-blue water and marine life?...
Hank Azaria, who’s white, voiced the Indian character Apu on the Simpsons since 1990. But in January 2020, he announced that he was stepping down from the role. Apu has been criticized for portraying racial stereotypes, and Azaria took this criticism to heart. When he was interviewed on Dax Sheperd’s Armchair Expert podcast, he said,...
When you hear the words “rural America,” you probably imagine that picturesque scene from a Hallmark movie: a charming old farmhouse, a big red barn silo, and a herd of cattle grazing peacefully on rolling green pastures. While this scene may have been the case a hundred years ago, the current landscape looks much bleaker....
In a warning tale that stresses the potential dangers of holding in a sneeze, medical experts are sounding the alarm. This comes after an incident where a Scottish man inadvertently tore a hole in his throat. The episode unfolded when, trying to suppress a bout of coughing while driving, the man pinched his nose and...
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and worldwide. The Skin Cancer Foundation estimates that one in five people will develop skin cancer by age 70, and more than two people die of skin cancer in the US every hour. (1) Early detection is key to improved survival rates. According to...
