Dog Ownership – Heart healthy, but can they also help you find Love?

Recent studies show that owning a dog can help you have a healthier heart, but can they also help you find love? Those who own dogs are already less inclined to stress, more active and emotionally available overall compared to their non-pet owner counterparts. This is a great start when it comes to finding that [...]
Suicide in Notre Dame Cathedral First in Decades

Dominique Venner, 78, shot and killed himself inside the famed Notre Dame Cathedral, the first suicide in the 850-year old Gothic tourist attraction. The Tuesday incident was the first suicide there in decades. Venner, a self-described essayist and historian whose blog describes him as opposing France’s new law authorizing gay marriage, left a letter on [...]
Suicide Still a Stigma for Many

Suicide is still stigmatized by many, especially by those who do not understand the mental disorders, mood disorders, or substance abuse behind the act. Even those who have been touched by suicide have a difficult time comprehending how their loved ones can take their own life. Burt Bacharach, 84, the award-winning composer, knows all too [...]
Force-feeding young girls at Mauritania fattening farms

Just like cows being fattened before being sold, young girls in the West African nation of Mauritania, are fattened before being married. In a tradition known as Leblouh, girls, some as young as five, are sent to special farms to be groomed for potential suitors. Here older women, known as gaveuses, force-feed them a daily [...]
Sunscreen Imperative for this Friday’s “Don’t Fry Day”

When you are heading out to enjoy the Memorial Day sun, National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention wants you to remember that it is imperative to wear sunscreen. This Friday is the fourth annual “Don’t Fry Day”. In an effort to encourage the public to become more aware of the harmful effects of the sun’s [...]
Jaden Christopher Syre Smith I Am Not Going Anywhere

Father and son duo Will and Jaden Christopher Syre Smith were on the Ellen Degeneras Show on the 15th of May and the first thing that came up on the couch was “that” rumour. Jaden said, I’m not going anywhere. Jaden also said that dad Will had told him that he could move out when [...]
May is National Mental Health Month

For 64 years, since 1949, May has been celebrated as National Mental Health Month. This year’s theme is Pathways to Wellness and the focus is the mental health of young people. When most people think of mental health, they seem to think of the opposite; they have a tendency to think of people who are [...]
FDA Reminds Women they are a Resource for Health Information Topics

As the 14th annual National Women’s Health Week draws to a close today, Marsha Henderson, MCRP, Director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Women’s Health wants to remind women that they are a resource for health information topics. While most Americans think about the FDA being food and supplement related, they are [...]
Richard Swanson Dribbling Ball from Seattle to Brazil Struck and Killed by Truck

Richard Swanson, 42, was attempting to walk from Seattle, Washington, to Sao Paolo, Brazil, while dribbling a soccer ball when he was struck and killed by a truck off of the Oregon Coast. Swanson left Seattle on May 1 and was travelling south by foot, staying with strangers he would meet along the way, although [...]
Scandalous Manhattan Moms Use Wheelchair Bound People to Gain Access to Disney World Attraction

Scandalous Manhattan Moms Use Wheelchair Bound People to Gain Access to Disney World Attraction Scandalous Manhattan moms are using wheelchair bound people in an effort to gain faster access to attractions at Disney World according to a report by a social anthropologist who claims she uncovered the scheme. Dr. Wednesday Martin says she discovered the [...]





















