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Sometimes, resting can be more difficult than it sounds, especially when you're purchasing that perfect mattress. In fact, an estimated 70 million Americans complain of sleeplessness, and the country spends almost $7 billion a year on mattresses.
Choosing the perfect bed can seem difficult, so "Good Morning America" consulted Consumer Reports and… Continue
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Summer comes and all of the old fears and myths about sharks reappear as we hit the beaches. Shark attacks, thankfully, are very rare. What humans ought to be fearful about is the survival of an essential species.
Humans kill 73 million sharks every year, nearly all for consumption… Continue
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We love to drink but not to get drunk. There are many people who drink not knowing when to stop. At times, this ignorance leads to making weak judgments such as driving while intoxicated. A while back we did an article on drunk driving (when we wrote this post back in March there were 2,670 drunk driving deaths in 2009. It’s the end of July and the death toll caused by drunk driving has reached 7,498. By the time you click on the link the number might be even higher) and today once again we want… Continue
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Disregard the number you just saw in the title of this post. The numbers have already changed. We are in the third month of 2009 and there has already been over 2,500 deaths caused by drunk driving. The numbers are overwhelming and even scarier is the fact that these numbers that you see below will keep increasing by the minute.
The amazing story of David Smith the ‘650-pound virgin’ in video
You remember the story of David Smith, the guy who weighed 650 lbs and lost more than 400 pounds doing exercise, the guy who has been called later the “650-pound virgin”? We made a post about him in January with lots of pictures showing you his amazing transformation. Some people said it was fake, others said it was all by surgery…etc. Well, here is a recent video that tells the whole story – lots of details and proof that… Continue
We need a little fat in our diets for good health, and some fats are better for you than others. Fatty acids, the building blocks for fat, are divided into three chemical classes according to their hydrogen content: saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated. Here’s a rundown.… Continue
Added by Carlos on July 29, 2009 at 7:00pm —
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For decades, one of the nation's most widely used dry cleaning solvents was billed as a marvel of modern chemistry that could safely remove dirt and stains from clothing.
Shops sprang up to take advantage of the chemical, perchloroethylene, also known as PCE or perc. People… Continue
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Every day on NPR, listeners hear funding credits — or, in other words, very short, simple commercials.
A few weeks ago, a new one made it to air: "Support for NPR comes from the estate of Richard Leroy Walters, whose life was enriched by NPR, and whose bequest seeks to encourag… Continue
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Learn the obesity rates in your state—and how they affect your life expectancy
Plenty of factors contribute to your life expectancy, including your family medical history, habits (ahem—smokers), and even your race. But no matter how you stack up in other categories, if you don’t keep your weight in check, you’re setting yourself up for a host of life-threatening ailments. Want proof? The numbers below tell a scary story: The states with highest percentages of obese adults—including Alabama (31.… Continue
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Texting while driving increases the risk of a crash much more than previous studies have concluded with motorists taking their eyes off the road longer than they do when talking or listening on their cell phones, a safety research institute said Monday.
Biomedical researchers on Wednesday said they could explain why we swing our arms when we walk, a practice that has long piqued scientific curiosity.
Swinging one’s arms comes at a cost. We need muscles to do it, and we need to provide energy in the form of food for… Continue
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International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as "probable carci… Continue
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With Christmas and New Year's almost upon us, you may be raising your glass and downing the spirits more than you're used to—along with many others. According to a nationwide poll released this year, most adults who attended work holiday parties said drunken bad behavior can often result. And insulting the boss is the least of it; nearly 60 percent of the surveyed partygoers saw a coworker drive while drunk.
The poll, by Caron Treatment Centers, a not-for-profit organization for addiction treat… Continue
Added by Carlos on July 21, 2009 at 9:51pm —
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Liquid calories slip by so easily, it’s almost hard to take them seriously. But alas, all those super-sized beverages and high fructose corn syrup concoctions have contributed, quite stealthily, to our obesity epidemic. Our adults have the beer bellies and our children the Big Gulp guts to prove it. Although some cities have started to ban sales of soda in schools, we adults are free to roam in the world of heavily sauced drinks, sometimes adding a meal-sized amount of calories from a tiny littl… Continue
Former CBS anchor 'Uncle Walter' Cronkite dead at 92 - July 17, 2009 -
His career spanned much of the 20th century, as well as the first decade of the 21st. The native of St. Joseph, Missouri, broke in as a newspaper journalist while in college, switched over to radio announcing in 1935, joined the United Press wire service by the end of the decade and jumped to CBS and its nascent television news division in 1950. He also made his mark as an Internet contributor in his late… Continue
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Trend threatens to reverse years of positive change, CDC researchers sayBirth rates among U.S. teens increased in 2006 and 2007, following large declines from 1991 to 2005, according to a new U.S. government study.
It found that previously improving trends in teens' and young a… Continue
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