health
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ has herpes
First, let me start by saying: Ewwww. “Fifty Shades of Grey” has herpes. Yes, you read that correctly. Two Belgian university professors performed bacteriology and toxicology tests on the 10 most borrowed books […]
FDA: Say “No” to crispy fries
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues to be the tastes-good-but-is-bad-for-you food buzzkill. This week, the FDA is reminding people to cut down the extra crispy French fries and certain other […]
Advertising the ACA
Turns out, the Affordable Care Act has a funny side. For the last couple months, health officials have been trying to spread the word about the new insurance exchanges created under […]
Fat-shaming young trick-or-treaters
A Fargo, N.D., woman is apparently planning to hand out mean-spirited letters instead of candy to trick-or-treaters this Halloween. The woman told a local radio show she plans to give the […]
Cigarettes’ aging effect
If threats of cancer or heart disease won’t scare people away from cigarettes, maybe their vanity will. That’s the hope of a group of researchers who examined 79 pairs of identical […]
Monday Quit-day
More than half of the country’s estimated 44 million adult smokers attempt to quit each year. And, apparently, Mondays are the quit-day of choice. A global analysis of weekly Google search terms […]
Knitting whilst marathoning
A 41-year-old man knitted a 12-foot scarf while running in the Kansas City Marathon earlier this month. You know, because running a marathon isn’t hard enough. David Babcock stitched a red, orange […]
Tainted breast milk
I’ll start this post with a disclaimer: I’m not a mother. But, as a human and as someone who hopes to have kids someday, I’ve always been troubled by the practice […]
Chain restaurant food workers won’t eat
As you may have noticed, I’m not a big fan of fast food. So I chuckled when I saw this headline: “Chain restaurant workers reveal the items they refuse to eat.” The […]
Burger King hopes to ‘Satisfry’
Burger King is hoping its attempt at low-fat French fries will “Satisfry” the growing number of people looking for healthier options at restaurants. BK’s new Satisfries are touted as having “Big […]