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Health Factors That Can Affect Safe Driving for Aging Drivers 12 Jan 2013 | 09:18 pm
While the independence of driving can be important for senior citizens, it should never outweigh the importance of safety. As people age their bodies begin changing in ways that can affect an individu...
Progeria: A Bizarre Children’s Disorder 19 Sep 2012 | 11:40 pm
It’s always disheartening to learn about diseases and disorders that affect children. Progeria is one such genetic disorder that can cause little ones to age rapidly. The word “rapid” doesn’t seem a...
Dermatographia : Skin Condition That Turns Skin Into A Canvas 21 Aug 2012 | 02:59 am
Dermatitis, rosacea, psoriasis, and eczema are all skin conditions that you have probably heard of. You may not have heard of dermatographia, a skin condition that affects up to five percent of the po...
Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up! Tips to stay off the floor [Infographic] 25 Sep 2011 | 09:12 pm
From slick floors to overzealous pets, our homes are filled with obstacles that can cause us to fall. The dangers of fall-related injuries are especially high for senior citizens. In fact, one-third o...
Could Apes Really Take Over the World? Possible Threats to Humanity 20 Sep 2011 | 07:38 pm
What, again? We managed it around 10,000 years ago following the last Ice Age when the retreating ice finally allowed us to access to the entire planet. But could we just be the latest dominant specie...
Cost of Plastic Surgery or The Cool Stuff You Could Buy Instead [Infographic] 2 Sep 2011 | 05:59 am
A quick peek at how much plastic surgery really costs, and the things you could have bought, if you didn’t acquire that new body part. Via: Spa Beauty Schools
Big Babies – Babies That Are Born Bigger Than Average 3 Aug 2011 | 08:14 pm
In March, the Herald Sun published an article about Jasper Lucas Booker, a baby who was born in Victoria. The baby was 12.65 pounds and born via C-section. Jasper is not the only large baby born to ...
Hemingway, or Polydactyl Cats 28 Mar 2011 | 12:01 pm
We usually talk about weird human medical conditions and anomalies, but how about animals? Did you know there were cats with extra toes, and that Ernest Hemingway owned quite a few of them? A true c...
Shrunken Heads 1 Mar 2011 | 02:49 am
A human head that has been severed and prepared is called in Voodoo practices, a shrunken head. It is used for trading, trophy or ritual. The practice of head hunting happened in many areas of the wo...
Chase Britton – The Boy Without a Cerebellum 25 Feb 2011 | 02:48 am
If you think walking down a hallway in a slow, steady gait is easy, just ask 3 year old Chase Britton. He is living without his cerebellum; this is the part of the brain that controls your coordinatio...
