Dementia is becoming increasingly prominent in elderly populations. Anyone who has lost a loved one to this devastating condition knows how awful it is. Watching your parent, grandparent, or other loved one slowly slip away is agonizing. While finding a cure would be wonderful, it is also critically important that we understand the disease better...

Nauru, a picturesque island in Micronesia, was once hailed as the wealthiest country in the world in terms of GDP per capita. All of that, however, is in its past. Where Ferraris used to cruise its streets, they now line the streets rusted out and serving a reminder of the nation’s brief moment of wealth....

Anyone who has watched a loved one go through Alzheimer’s disease knows how awful it is. With nothing you can really do, you watch that person slowly slip away until they no longer recognize you – and you barely recognize them, either. Protecting our brains from this condition is very important, and one of the...

Nearly half of all adults in the United States are suffering from high blood pressure. That’s nearly 120 million people. Of those people, 3 out of 4 of them don’t have their high blood pressure under control. As we all know too well, high blood pressure puts you at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease,...

We all tend to think of organ donations and transplants as real life saving, medical marvel type procedures. They are a pretty impressive feat, after all. While transplants save countless lives each year, they do come with risks. Often, those risks can be fatal. In a tragic and rare medical occurrence, a man from California...

Raise your hand if your digestive system has been personally victimized by dairy products. If your hand is up, you’re not alone. In fact, you are in the majority of people not just around your country, but around the world. The thing is with lactose intolerance is that it affects everyone differently. For some people...

Beauty knows no borders, and while we love to debate which country has the most attractive men and women, the reality is that there are beautiful people everywhere. What can be true, however, is that people whose origins come from certain places do tend to have a certain look about them that gives away their...

Store-bought sandwich bread is a staple in many homes in North America and even in many other countries around the world. Whether it’s for toast in the morning, school lunch sandwiches, or a quick snack, we eat a lot of bread. While bread is often marketed as a healthy choice, in most cases, these highly...

For thousands of years, Earth has been divided into seven continents and several oceans and seas. Scientists say, however, that over time this all could change. Africa is slowly but surely splitting into two continents, and one day they will be separated by a brand new ocean. (1) A New Ocean Forming in Africa Deep...

Let’s be honest: Unless you’re getting a pedicure, most of us probably don’t pay much attention to our feet. Out of sight, out of mind, right? Turns out, we should be paying a lot more attention to the appendage that connects us to the ground – they can tell us much we need to know...

Homelessness is an issue that nearly every city, big and small, faces around the world. While governments, NGOs, and other organizations are taking steps to combat it, unfortunately, it still remains unsolved. This Canadian millionaire decided to take matters into his own hands and use his millions to help homelessness in his hometown. This is...

We’ve all heard of the cholesterol, and most of us probably have a pretty negative connotation associated with it. After all, we generally only hear about it when it reaches levels that are problematic. The reality is, most of us don’t actually understand anything about cholesterol. Cholesterol is a vital lipid, or fat, that is...