When you picture a CEO in your mind, what do they look like? When you picture a personal assistant in your mind, were they old or young, male or female? There is a good chance that the CEO in your mind was a middle-aged male with good looks and the personal assistant was an attractive...
According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in males in the United States, behind only lung cancer. Around 1 out of every 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lives. In most cases, it is treatable, yet there are some cases...
Most of us experience anxiety at one point or another in our lives. While there are many different drugs and therapies currently available on the market, many of them come with a range of unwanted side effects. However, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers state that they have made significant advances in reducing anxiety by targeting specific...
While you may typically associate strokes with older adults, the truth is that anyone at any age can suddenly have a stroke. In fact, according to the American Heart Association, the rate of strokes in individuals under the age of 50 is rising. In the United States alone, stroke diagnoses have increased by 40% among...
A woman recently released a video on social media warning viewers about the ‘narcissist stare’, which it seems is more common than you may think. Narcissism is an increasingly popular subject on social media these days. This is because more and more people are becoming aware of the real scope of this mental health condition....
Police recently broke into a Romanian woman’s home after she had not been heard from for nearly a week. Upon entering the apartment in Bucharest, emergency services discovered the body of 34-year-old Adriana Naegoe. Horrifically, her body was discovered half-eaten by her pet pugs. Police could find no signs of violence and have yet to...
At the moment, egg prices in America are soaring, and it’s due to the return of bird flu. This horrible disease killed millions of chickens, resulting in fewer eggs and prices rising through the roof. How many you may ask? Well, as of the last estimate, more than 20 million chickens were wiped out by...
Every year, pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars trying to convince doctors to use their products. It is not uncommon for representatives from these companies to present doctors with all sorts of gifts, ranging from keychains to free lunches. This was done with the intent of gaining an opportunity to promote their new product or...
More and more people are turning to plant-based diets recently. People stop eating meat for a variety of reasons, including the welfare of the animals, environmental reasons, and health reasons. It is natural to wonder what will happen to your body if you choose this lifestyle. For example, what are the health benefits of a...
Many people would love to make their money as soon as possible and retire. Others enjoy working and end up retiring at an old age. Some, however, are forced into retirement early due to some unexpected illness. This was the case with 49-year-old Irishman, Peter Alexander, when he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. This diagnosis...
When I was still at school, a school trip usually involved a museum or some other such institution. However, a group of school children were recently asked to explore their neighborhood and find potentially beneficial bacteria. We would also often return with little souvenirs from our trip, but one little girl brought back something that...
CO2 levels in our atmosphere are reaching alarming numbers, speeding up global warming at an extremely concerning rate. Therefore, finding ways to capture and store the carbon dioxide we produce is vitally important if we wish to lower greenhouse gases and slow down the rate of global warming. Unfortunately, existing carbon capture methods only work...
