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In a groundbreaking study published in the journal Neurology, researchers from Rush University in Chicago have shed light on a potential link between consuming popcorn and reducing the risk of dementia. The study also highlights the broader association between whole grains and lower dementia risk. As the prevalence of dementia continues to rise, these findings […]
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Over a billion people on planet Earth use Facebook. It’s by far the most popular social network by the number of users it has. As is expected, not everyone on Facebook means good. There are a lot of hackers and cybercriminals who use Facebook and other social media platforms as their hunting ground. For this […]
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This article was originally published in March 2019 and has since been updated. What won’t kids do these days? First, they were eating Tide Pods, then they discovered juuling. The next scary trend? Possibly drinking vanilla extract. Minors at a high school in Atlanta, Georgia have been caught using typical baking ingredients such as bourbon […]
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This article was originally published in January 2019 and has since been updated. When it comes to medical care, some things should be left to the professionals. An Irish man was hospitalized with a severely infected abscess that resulted from him injecting his own semen to try to cure back pain. He went into the […]
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When you go out for sushi, do you order crab sticks? Or at least, do you order rolls that have crab sticks in them? Well, in case you didn’t know, unless you’re at a pretty pricey place, those crab sticks aren’t real crab. That’s right: It’s imitation crab. Have you ever stopped to think about […]
· 4 min read
Fluoroquinolones are a class of antibiotics used to kill or stop the growth of bacteria (1). Fluoroquinolone antibiotics include ciprofloxacin (Cipro), gemifloxacin (Factive), levofloxacin (Levaquin), moxifloxacin (Avelox), and ofloxacin (Floxin)(1). Fluoroquinolone use has drawn concern from the FDA, among others, prompting the organization to update regulatory warnings on the antibiotic. A woman from Oklahoma is […]
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This article was originally published in May 2018 and has since been updated. Shortly after she sustained a severe head injury in a car accident, 52-year-old Kendra Jackson from Omaha, Nebraska, began to suffer some symptoms that the doctors misdiagnosed as ‘allergies’ or a ‘bad cold.’ She dealt with severe migraines, chronic nasal drainage, sneezing, […]
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Bars are an integral part of our culture. For decades, people have gathered at their local watering hole to have philosophical (and not-so-philosophical) debates, to check in on the local gossip, and to simply kick back with a pint on a friday night. Yes, bars can be fun places to meet up with friends and […]
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Drug addictions are truly devastating, as they are powerful enough to take over a person’s life entirely. Substances such as meth and heroin have a way of totally encompassing the lives of those who use them. There are very few addicts who are able to hold their lives together for long, as each hit brings […]
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When 81-year-old Marty Ingham Everett was 16 years old, her little black purse decided to play a number on her. It fell out of her handbag and landed behind the cabinet in the science room at Jeffersonville High in Indiana. This happened in 1954 and she never saw it again, until now. Erin Bojorquez, who […]
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A new medical report details the case of a woman who started showing strange “altered behavior” and was diagnosed with dementia for five years. However, her symptoms were actually reversible. The unnamed woman, discussed in BMJ Case Reports, started exhibiting a gradual change in behavior, which was noticed by her family. As well as no longer cooking, keeping […]
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Sometimes, the love between siblings stems from the supernatural and never runs dry. They may fight, they may argue, they may bicker, they may not talk to each other for years, but in the end, they are willing to lay down their lives for each other. Even from infancy, when everyone believes they know what […]
