If you have lots of brothers and sisters you know what it’s like to grow up in a house where you can call nothing your own. Every time you turn around something is missing and it takes you ages to find it. Some things never get returned and some things disappear before you even get [...]
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How To Give Your Home A Sense Of Luxury (Without Breaking The Bank)
There are many reasons that we get up for work in the morning and why we continuously push ourselves harder and harder to keep up with the rat race. Undoubtedly though, one of the main motivating factors for many of us is that we hope to impress our friends and family in order to feel [...]
Prius, Less Likely To Be Stolen
For all those who own Toyota Motor Corp.’s hybrid Prius, you might want to ease a bit regarding the security of this car as reports suggest that they are less likely to be stolen compared with other cars of similar age. According to a report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau 1 out of 606 [...]
Beach Replenishment: a protective measure or a waste?
When Sandy struck beaches of New Jersey late October; many of the beaches lost half their sand. Stewart Farrell whose studies have shown that sand pumped from off-shore can be a protective measure and leads to lesser damage in the area are which are regularly affected by such storms. The beach replenishment projects have been [...]
Stem Cells – The Better Way of Treating Some of the Dreadful Diseases
Stem cells are one of the important multicellular organisms, which motivate the growth of new cells. These cells are quite important, as it helps in tackling many dreadful diseases. With advanced science, you can donate these cells to one of your family members, thus helping them to recover from a serious ailment. It is also [...]
How to Make Sure You Have Fond Memories of the Christmas Party
Christmas parties are something that we tend to look forward to with mixed feelings. On the one hand of course we will probably look forward to getting to the end of the working year and celebrating the time off. We all look forward to letting our hair down, and if we are friends with our [...]
How to Live Life to the Full
You only get one life, and unfortunately there’s no way that we can go back and relive it. Every choice we make is one that we therefore have to live with and one that should carry incredible weight. While recognizing this weight is incredibly important however to ensure we try to live our lives to [...]
How To Keep Kids Healthy, Fit and Strong?
Childhood is a crucial stage for growth and development, both physically and mentally. The groundwork for how a child turns out as an adult begins early. If we want a healthy, quality life for our children as they grow, why not start healthy habits while they are young? Healthy Lifestyle While Young A healthy lifestyle [...]
Want to amplify your quality of life? Just broaden your perception of time by being awed!
Since the beginning of time, mankind has sought in every nook and cranny for ways to amplify the quality of their life. Now, with all the technological innovations and inventions at their disposal, researchers are unlocking the secrets that lie deep within the complex labyrinth of our brain in their quest to uncover how to [...]
Multitasking Difficult for Seniors, Study Reveals
Elderly people aged 60 or more have difficulties in multitasking environments, says a study from the University of California-San Francisco that was published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal. Comparing two groups – with average ages of 24.5 and 69 years – the researchers used functional MRI to monitor blood [...]
Surgeon’s Lingering Hangover Is A Real Health Risk
A recent study released by the Royal College of Surgeons says the lingering effects of alcohol taken by a surgeon the day or night before an operation may lead to errors during surgery. These illusionary effects may take longer than expected to leave the body and may still be felt even if the alcohol had [...]
Child Obesity Linked to Pregnant Mom’s Diet
The food pregnant women eat may affect unborn children’s DNA and increase the risk of dreaded conditions later in life such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. This was revealed in a multi-nation study from the Auckland University’s Liggins Institute which looked into women’s diet and the after-effects of epigenetic change in fetuses’ DNA that [...]
Adult Onset Diabetes Now Partly Reversible
Type II or adult onset diabetes is in part an autoimmune disease and hence, can be prevented and reversed, says a study from the Stanford School of Medicine that was published recently in the journal Nature Medicine. Type II diabetes is a common but serious disease that happens when body tissues become insulin-resistant and fail [...]
More Men Admit Cheating on Tax
A poll of nearly 6,400 people conducted by DDB Worldwide Communications Group shows that about 15% commit tax fraud, and about 2 in 3 of those who admit cheating the IRS are single men below 45 years of age. This apparently happens despite the heavy punishment for tax evasion, which includes federal imprisonment up to [...]
Early Morning Classes Result in Poor Performance
Having classes too early in the morning may do more harm than good, a new US study published recently in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests. Aside from the dangers of teenaged drivers racing to reach their schools on time, their actual performance in classes may also be below par, either from the loss [...]