Your probably have heard a lot of hoopla about “HCG” and the “HCG Diet,” but what exactly is HCG, and can it really help you lose weight? Human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) is the “pregnancy” hormone that home pregnancy tests detect in early pregnancy. It rises during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy and then goes […] Read more
My mother taught me to squeeze a silver dollar until the eagle screams. For all of the thriftsters, this question often comes up: is it worth paying more for that name brand product or is the generic version just as good, and available for less money? Value-conscious people understand that sometimes paying more for a […] Read more
There is an old expression that says “you are what you eat.” Current research suggests that may be very true when it comes to the bedroom! Did you know your diet can affect your sexual performance? Generally speaking, the same kind of diet that is good for your overall wellness, is good for erectile function. […] Read more
It all started when Harvard professor Kit Kevin Parker, PhD, noticed his daughter entranced by the stingrays on display at the New England Aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts. Parker is working on building a human heart. He wondered if he could fabricate a muscle that moved in the same smooth, sinuous, and undulating way that stingrays […] Read more
Did you ever wonder how some people look like they just stepped off a tropical beach all year long? Look around you. There are probably fair-skinned folks and those with darker complexions. How many of those swarthier people are altering the color of their skin artificially? It is an odd but the fact that some […] Read more
The nicest experiences, happiness in fact, has been documented as happening when you are with the people closest to you–family, friends, co-workers. That is, as long as they are awesome people who treat you right. Long before there was “social media” anthropologists stretching back as far as Charles Darwin himself dubbed humans as “social animals.” […] Read more
The public health issue of vaccines is getting out of hand. Supporters of mandatory inoculations say vaccines lower mortality rates and prevent the onset of deadly diseases. Opponents say vaccines do little good and, in fact, cause harm. Did you know that a law passed in 1986 gave legal immunity from prosecution in civil court […] Read more
Nutrition myths are all around us, and especially on the supermarket store shelves. Too many people are swayed by the junk on the media and the grocery store come-ons, and label language that is misleading and inaccurate. So here, in no particular order, are my top 10 nutrition myths–debunked, so you can separate fact from […] Read more
You think being transgender in the western world is tough? Well, you’re right. But people in Japan have it far worse. The Supreme Court of Japan recently ruled to uphold a national law that critics say discriminates against transgender people who were pronounced a girl or boy at birth but grew up feeling as if […] Read more
Trending now is adding GOLD – that’s right, the precious metal – to food and drink for its anti-aging and other health-promoting effects. Gold has long held in reverence and esteem by us humans. California in the United States is called the “Golden State” because of the famous series of gold rushes that began in […] Read more
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