Have you ever had a friend that was in such a bad relationship, that you thought they needed professional help?  I’m not talking about abuse, because in that case, intervene away. I mean one...  Comment

It can be hard to find a good match when two couples double date. One of the many great things about being married or with a partner is not having to worry about meeting and...  Comment

Women all around the world have toyed with this question at one point or another in their lives. Our biggest flaw, perhaps, is that we toy with this question for far too long! Yes, I...  1 Comment

I love dressing up for Halloween! This year I have been a little disappointed with myself because I haven’t come up with the absolute perfect idea. Usually I spend about 11 months concocting something, but this year I might just be a little more boring than usual and use a costume that is stashed away in my closet…  5 Comments

The state attorney general is demanding Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Connecticut provide more answers and identity-theft protection for nearly 19,000 health professionals whose confidential data was on a stolen laptop computer.  Comment

According to a new study by the World Health Organization, AIDS is the leading cause of death and disease in women 15 to 44 around the world. Also upsetting: maternal mortality accounts for 15% of adult female deaths.  Comment

In an advance that could one day enable surgeons to reconstruct and restore function to damaged or diseased penile tissue in humans, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine have used tissue engineering techniques to completely replace penile erectile tissue in animals.  Comment

A recent research has revealed that teenagers who are obese have a higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis as an adult. The study has, for now, been limited to teenagers, and no association has been found between body weight during childhood and adulthood and MS.  Comment

There are a lot of buzzwords flying around the food world these days: organic, natural, and free range are just a few of them. The sad thing is, only one of those words has any...  Comment

A consumer advocacy group’s analysis of canned goods has found measurable levels of the chemical additive bisphenol A (BPA) across a range of foods, including some labeled ‘BPA free’. Children eating multiple servings of some of th...  5 Comments

It can be hard to find healthy foods that don't break the bank - as I've mentioned before, nutrition often comes with a high price tag. A new tool may be what consumers need to find the biggest...  Comment

Associated Press Thomas Keller I love cooking and have a nice cookbook collection—a fringe benefit of writing about food and restaurants for the Wall Street Journal. Sometimes I even get to...  Comment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing this health alert to warn consumers not to use Pig Ears and Beef Hooves pet treats manufactured by Pet Carousel because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella.  2 Comments

Salem Lutheran School in Stillwater, MN was closed due to H1N1. Image: KSAX TV Although the H1N1 flu season is just heating up, it doesn't look like there will be the kind of long-term...  1 Comment

Happy Halloween! Here's some info about Halloween candy and trick or treating. Some useful some not so much. The best Halloween candy for your teeth While all Halloween candy worth devouring is...  Comment

This year, for Halloween, I made these awful looking eyeballs for our shops. They are not hard to do, and they are quite tasty! If you wish to make them, you will need chocolate moulds, round ice...  Comment

Eat Me. You might possibly, perhaps be doing something good for the environment. Credit: Ethicurean Last week's NY Times featured an op-ed entitled "The Carnivore's Dilemma"--an ostensibly...  Comment

Space Solar Power System Closer to Reality Japan's space agency, USEF, is in the news again with their plans to build a space solar power station, equivalent to...  Comment

From Meatless Mondays to Weekday Vegetarianism to going raw food vegan to adopting the 100-Mile Diet, there are plenty of individual act...  Comment

Why did you stop? Well, I was recompiling my kernel and got a segfault... Mavizen has decided to offer a new electric bike based on the previous winner of the TTXGP so that other teams can have a solid foundation to build on for next year. The TTX02 is based on the KTM RC8 with a Agni powerplant.  Comment

Sometime back, Leo Babauta from Zen Habits talked about how doing less and being less productive could benefit your work and life. He talks about spending less time doing quality work and have...  Comment

You are surrounded by vampires. They circle you, slowly, eyeing your throat, their teeth glistening in the moonlight. Your heart pounds in your chest as they move in, intent on draining your...  Comment

UC Irvine neuroscientists think that bad driving may have something to do with a gene variant possessed by around 30% of Americans. And, no, there is certainly no evidence that more women have...  3 Comments

This week I had the pleasure of being contacted by a reporter from the Orange County Register (our local paper) with the question: "Q: Why do so many people enjoy going to scary movies, or putting...  Comment