health
Uncle Sam in the exam room
Have you seen the creepy Uncle Sam videos making the rounds on the Internet? If you have, then you certainly know what I’m talking about. If not, allow me to fill […]
Let’s Move … with soda endorsers?
So many people are talking about getting America’s youth healthier. Much of that is likely thanks to the First Lady’s Let’s Move! campaign. The campaign encourages kids to eat healthful foods, […]
Football fans and fatty foods
Bad news for Jacksonville Jaguars fans: a recent study revealed that football fans’ saturated-fat consumption spikes when their teams lose. The study found saturated-fat consumption increased by as much as 28 […]
Why are health care costs so high?
Here's an interesting video on the high cost of health care in America that's making its rounds on the Internet. http://youtu.be/qSjGouBmo0M Thoughts? […]
Smokers quitting thanks to ‘Tips From Former Smokers’
The diabetic who is blind in one eye and walks with a prosthetic leg. The teenager hospitalized from an asthma attack. The woman who speaks using a voice box. Most people […]
More teens are lighting up
More and more tweens and teens are lighting up. But rather than traditional cigarettes, they’re using electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes. The percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who use […]
Finding the healthiest, happiest cities
Ever wonder where the healthiest, happiest people in the U.S. live? Well, me neither. But Prevention magazine did and compiled a list of the 25 healthiest, happiest cities in America. The magazine […]
Introducing, Pepsi-flavored Cheetos
Chip aisles in Japan appear to be even worse than the U.S. shelves. Why? Because they have these: That, my fiends, is a bag of Pepsi-flavored Cheetos. In Japan, they’re called Pepsi […]
The tapeworm diet
Add this to the list of crazy dieting tactics. An Iowa woman bought a tapeworm off the Internet and swallowed it, hoping to drop a few pounds, according to a Today […]
Charging smokers more for insurance
A majority of Americans think insurance companies would be justified in charging higher rates for people who smoke, according to a new Gallup poll. The data – from Gallup’s annual Consumption […]