Yikes, the fanciest sushi in NY loaded with mercury.

Today, The New York Times is reporting the finding of very high levels of mercury in tuna sushi in recent lab tests commissioned by the newspaper from a sampling of 20 Manhattan restaurants and food stores. Included in the study was sushi from some of the most prestigious food palaces, including Drew Nieporent’s Nobu Next [...]

Electronic contact lenses offer superhuman eyesight

Engineers have managed to combine a flexible contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights. The new contact lens could superimpose computer displays onto a person’s eyesight.
Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or [...]

How to Avoid the 10 Worst Energy Zappers

Let’s face it. If you are trying to accomplish anything in life, whether it is work, raising a family, or even having fun, you need to have energy. When we run into trouble in the form of bad moods or poor productivity, its usually because we are low on energy. Oddly, many of us willingly [...]

Are There Really Continents of Floating Garbage?

Since stories have started surfacing more recently, many have wondered if the rumors are true. Are there really ‘continents’, or massive floating garbage patches residing in the pacific ocean? Apparently, the rumors are true, and these unsightly patches are reportedly killing marine life and releasing poisons that enter the human food chain, as well. Indeed, [...]

6 Reasons To Slow Down While Eating

Around holiday time, a common comment I hear is, “I cooked for 6 hours and we ate everything in 20 minutes.” Well, aside from the fact that there must be zero socializing at that holiday table, it seems to me that eating a couple thousand calories in 20 minutes is a little fast. [...]

How to avoid a cold this holiday season…..

Winter is known as cold season – and it’s not just because the temperatures are dropping. Your chances of catching a cold this season are high — but according to Everyday Health, you can reduce your chances of picking up one if you follow these steps…
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Man Almost Dies Drinking Liter of Vodka in Airport Line

BERLIN – A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday.
The incident occurred at the Nuremberg airport on Tuesday, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home [...]

Why we’re fat: Healthy eating really does cost more

That’s what University of Washington researchers found when they compared the prices of 370 foods sold at supermarkets in the Seattle area. Calorie for calorie, junk foods not only cost less than fruits and vegetables, but junk food prices also are less likely to rise as a result of inflation. The findings, reported in the [...]

Morning Jolt Of Caffeine Might Mask Serious Sleep Problems

With the holiday season’s hustle and bustle in full swing, most of us will race to our favorite coffee shop to get that caffeine boost to make it through the day. However, that daily jolt that we crave might be the reason we need the caffeine in the first place.
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The 12 ‘Germiest’ Places in America

…Called “the dirty dozen,” it’s a laundry list of the germiest places you’re likely to encounter during an average day. Sure, there are outbreaks of microbes and viruses across the country, but these buggers are where you live…
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Soap and good Hygiene can Kill

If cleanliness is next to godliness, modern America is the land of the faithful — fighting the good fight against today’s so-called superbugs with sparkling countertops and well-washed hands.
Our culture’s cleanliness obsession has been fed by a booming business in household products that promise the virtue of sterility. According to estimates by the Environmental Protection [...]

Quarter of all men ‘too ashamed’ to strip off in front of partners

A quarter of men are so embarrassed by their bodies that they are reluctant to be naked in front of their partner, a survey claimed yesterday.

Researchers found that it is no longer just women who are overawed by the images of physical perfection they see in adverts and fashion magazines.

Half of the 3,000 British [...]

Fast Food Restaurants Compared – Which is least healthy?

Fast food is bad food. That’s pretty much common knowledge these days. The majority of the foods served at fast food restaurants contain an insane amount of calories, tons of fat (including the very evil trans fat), and are high in pretty much everything else that you’d want your food to be low in. Long [...]

15 Tips to Restart the Exercise Habit (and How to Keep It)

It’s been two months since you’ve seen the inside of the gym. Getting sick, family crisis, overtime at work and school papers that needed to get finished all kept you for exercising. Now, the question is: how do you start again?
Once you have an exercise habit, it becomes automatic. You just go to the [...]

Ten Ways to Defeat Brain Drain

Those of us who are busy all the time can experience burnout, exhaustion, and fatigue from spending long periods of time in focused concentration. I call this syndrome “Brain Drain.” I used to call it “SAT head” because many students report that after taking the SAT tests, they feel an odd mental exhaustion caused by [...]