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...
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...
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...
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...
It’s pretty easy to have bad habits in the morning. I know that the first thing I do is roll over and check my phone, then stumble into the kitchen to make coffee. But these bad morning habits are ones that I’ve decided I need to break. Forgetting to Stretch You’d think after a long...
We’ve heard all about the benefits of lemon water—it’s a natural detox, it flushes out your system, and it helps with weight loss and digestion. But how much of this is myth and how much is fact? With so many claims and misinformation out there, it’s sometimes hard to separate fact from fiction. We’re here...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Have you ever had surgery before? If so, then you’ve likely been put under general anesthesia. Most of us will already know what this is: It’s something that doctors administer to their patients ahead of surgery to make them unconscious and pain-free throughout the procedure. Have you ever stopped to think about what actually happens...
Inflammation in the body can have detrimental effects on our health. It can contribute to various chronic health conditions, not to mention just leaving us not at our best. Harvard gut doctor Dr. Jaqueline Wolf, has identified four specific inflammatory foods that she recommends avoiding. Remove these from your regular diet and watch how much...