Recently, an infection left me with no choice but to take a powerful antibiotic for several days. I am a person who avoids antibiotics when at all possible. I know they are often over-prescribed for such illnesses as colds or the flu, which are viruses and therefore unaffected by antibiotics. I ...

There is no way to sugar-coat it (no pun intended): Americans are fat. Over 160 million Americans are either overweight or obese. Even more concerning, nearly 14 million of those are children and adolescents. The consequences of this epidemic are nearly catastrophic. It is estimated that ...

Any time we see the term “inflammation,” we think of negative health issues. In reality, when our bodies are working the way they are supposed to, inflammation can be a good thing. When our immune systems sense something like a cut, they send compounds to the area that kill bacteria and fight ...

On this forum in the past, I have written about how your diet can affect your brain’s actual health. Today I would like to address the link between your diet and your mind. I will look at the connection between the foods you eat and your emotions such as anxiety, happiness, and depression. We ...

A prepper is a person who prepares for possible events, such as natural disasters, wars, widespread pandemics, or societal collapse. These preparations usually take the form of stockpiling supplies such as food, water, medical supplies, and toilet paper, as well as making plans for leaving home ...

When you were a child, an adult probably encouraged you to brush your teeth a couple of times a day. When you got a bit older, they added the concept of flossing to the dental hygiene routine. Even when we didn’t want to, we usually complied. After all, who wanted to have to go to […]

Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, delivered an emotional address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday, where she berated world leaders and older generations. “This is all wrong,” Thunberg began as she addressed the assembly members. “I shouldn’t be ...

File this one under the “you just can’t make this shit up department.” A woman, who is accused of abandoning her eight year old daughter, and then fleeing to Canada, is defending her actions by saying the adopted “girl” is not a child, but a 22 year-old con-artist dwarf, who threated to kill ...

I’ll begin this article by telling you one thing about myself: I am a Floridian. Florida is a fairly unique state, and looking at a map of the United States may give us an understanding of just why it is unlike any other in the nation. It is a long, narrow state that is surrounded […]

Next to Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, affectionally known as “Nessie,” is probably the world’s best known “crypto-creature.”  But did you know that Nessie has an Asian cousin that supposedly inhabits China’s Yangtze River? In the last few weeks there have been several sightings of “China’s ...