Do you remember your childhood best friend? Were you lucky enough to have more than one? It turns out the nature of your childhood friendships can have a pretty long-term impact. What’s even more fascinating is how your relationship with your parents lay the foundation for your friendships, and they can even be a potential...
This article was originally published on October 24, 2018, and has since been updated. If you’re married or have been in a long-term relationship, someone over the years has probably half-joked about the weight gain they experienced in the first year or two (or ten). Some people chalk it up to routine, some say they...
At first, I thought whoever came up with this challenge must have been hallucinating. What leopard is in this picture? I tried to channel my inner genius by looking at every nook and cranny of the photo with my third eye. I even tilted my laptop to check if the leopard was some sort of...
Chad Groeschen lived through every contact lens user’s worst fear. He fell asleep with his lenses in and lost sight in one eye. He was 39 years old then but had begun wearing contacts when he was 18. But a year prior, he had begun wearing extended day and night lenses. Groeschen had no clue...
Nothing celebrates summer more than a day at the pool with freshly blended margaritas. That’s what Courtney Fallon and her family planned for the Memorial Day weekend, oblivious to the painful condition Courtney was about to receive. The family spent the first day of their vacation relaxing by the pool. Courtney volunteered to mix everyone’s...
According to science, the secret to looking good and feeling good is not a product found in a health food store or makeup boutique. It’s something everyone already has access to, a tool that people often neglect and dismiss: sleep. That’s right. Beauty sleep has been proven to be a legitimate thing. The Sleep Survey...
She runs herself ragged every day trying to shuttle between getting the kids ready for school, preparing their lunch, serving them breakfast, getting ready for work, school runs, and actually gets to work looking decent. A ‘ hot-mess’ mom is one who never really figures out motherhood, but she can also be the best mother...
For many women, the beginning of a menstrual period means it’s time to stock up on chocolate, tissues, natural remedies, and heating pads to hide under until the worst of it passes. In a study of 408 women, 84% reported cramps occurring every period. One in four of these women have pain so severe, they...
On New Year’s Day, Lachlan was found dead in his home in New South Wales, Australia after consuming one teaspoon of caffeine powder in his protein shake. At first, rumors said the 21-year-old guitarist’s demise was due to an illicit drug overdose, but that idea was quickly dismissed when the family received the coroner’s report. ...
A study shows that small doses of alcohol can improve bilingual speakers’ ability to talk in a non-native language. However, the team points out that larger doses could actually impair this ability. Anyone who’s ever become inebriated can attest that alcohol throws a wrench in your brain’s efforts to think and keep control over your body’s movements....
The American Heart Association recommends two servings of fish a week, which is a pretty modest request. However, the wild and farmed fish you eat could be filled with mercury, Bisphenol A, or other chemicals because retailers and fishers are eager to cut corners. Educating yourself about possible contamination is important so you aren’t handing...
When we are faced with a situation that causes extreme anxiety or fear, our body eagerly sounds the alarm for what’s known as the fight-or-flight response. A racing heart, tense muscles, balled fists, pupil dilation, and shallow, rapid breathing aftershock. With the perception of a threat, a cascade of these physiological changes is triggered, as...
