Tag: Health

Barbie Dolls Are Bad News For Girls, Say Fun-Hating Researchers

The Barbie dolls is 55-years-old this year and under more scrutiny than ever. The doll has long been criticized for its unrealistic appearance and negative body image impact on the developing minds of young girls. One woman even went as far as to have massive amounts of plastic surgery to look like Barbie. Craaaaazy. A team of researchers who are obviously determined on stomping...

A New Diving Suit Might Help Find The Cure For Cancer

This story has sci-fi movie written all over it. A new diving suit designed by Phil Nuytten called "the exosuit" is helping scientists study bioluminescent organisms deep in the Atlantic Ocean, which could lead to a cure for cancer. The suit which stacks up at over six-feet-tall and 530 pounds is the first of its kind and allows deep sea explorers to plunge more...
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Anti-Obamacare Ads Take a Tip From the Creepy Burger King Dude

Watch out, cuz Uncle Sam wants to get all up in your junk. The opposition of the Affordable Health Care Act have rolled out...

Will Obamacare Send Big Corporations and Startups Loophole Hunting?

The first act of the Obamacare three-ring circus has begun. Republicans are up in arms, the government is on hiatus and the country's biggest...

Want to Sleep Better? Kill the Lights. All of Them

Light, even just a little, during sleep could be doing more harm than you realize.

This child’s Guinness World Record is Truly a Miracle

Curtis Means had an uphill battle from the day he was born, but he beat the odds and became a world record-holder in the process.

Could brain surgery be the cure for opioid addiction?

Opioid overdoses claimed 49,860 lives in 2019, according to the CDC, and those overdose deaths -- made worse by the strain of the pandemic...

Funding for Children’s Mental Health Just Got a Major Boost

The Biden Administration announced millions in mental health funding for children.

How Sick Children are Helping to Change Medical Marijuana Laws in the U.S.

Marijuana might not have the sordid reputation it once had, but it’s still illegal at a federal level and medical marijuana is only legal...

Resistance to Antibiotics Will be the Next Worldwide Epidemic. What are the Solutions?

Recently, the United Nations convened to discuss the growing global threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, aka "superbugs". While their pronouncement is bleak, a string of...

On This Tiny Island of Japan, People Live to 100+. Here’s How.

Beyond the southernmost tip of Japan lies an island known as the “Island of Immortals”. They haven't found the fountain of youth, but the...

What You Should Know About Livestock Antibiotics and Our Health

By now, many of us know about the disgusting conditions on factory farms. Animals are kept in tiny cages, and are selectively bred to...

Can This Frog’s Special Power Save Millions of Lives?

Since Alexander Fleming's rather fortuitous discovery of penicillin in 1928, a vast array of antibiotics have been discovered and developed. Recently, in response to...

This Theme Park is Designed to Lift the Spirits of Sick Children

Neal McCord works a job that most people at first glance would think twice about having. He is the vice president of project management...