Recovery time and hefty cost aren’t the only downsides to plastic surgery—in fact, according to researchers, patients from Britain who sought cheaper cosmetic surgery operations in South…
I bet you I can get a 4.0 this semester…would you be willing to wager on your college grades? Apparently some students are: a website called Ultrinsic is taking wagers on grades from students…
Jackson, Mississippi—a jury recently awarded $4.7 million to the parents of two children who nearly drowned in a swimming pool at the La Quinta Inn in Jackson in 2007. Specifically, the…
According to recent reports, puberty is coming at increasingly younger ages in U.S. girls. In fact, the authors of a current study discovered that puberty arrived as early as age 7 in some…
64-year-old Judy Fedewa was killed from injuries sustained in a pedestrian versus pick-up truck car crash in Portland, Michigan on Wednesday, August 4, 2010. The accident took place just after 10:00…
If you’re in the hands of a medical resident, make sure that the resident has supervision. National medical research increasingly supports the concern that poorly supervised…
If you’ve ever been the victim of a bullying boss, you know how detrimental the experience can be to your self-esteem, and ultimately your work quality and productivity. Bullying bosses may…
Polk County, Florida—a jury recently awarded $114 million to the family of a 76-year-old woman who fell victim to nursing home abuse and subsequently died on July 6, 2003. The verdict…
When you go to the gym do you regularly wash your hands before and after using the equipment? Do you also use your own mats to practice yoga or other floor exercises at the gym, and do you take a…
In November 2008, a Pizza Hut delivery person drove into oncoming traffic and hit a car head-on, causing serious injuries to the passengers inside the other vehicle. Olena Novack, age 87, and her…
Mothers Against Drunk Driving was created in 1980 with the primary mission to stop drunk driving—a crime of major concern. But more recently, drivers on prescription drugs are becoming a…
That beloved sweetener, known as high fructose corn syrup, appears in hundreds of food products in the United States, especially soft drinks. While fructose also comes from other sources such as…