Debit cards are becoming the plastic currency of choice for millions of Americans bogged down by massive debt during the recession. American Express unveiled its own prepaid debit cards this week, becoming the first mainstream financial firm to offer this kind of payment method originally being pushed for by smaller players in the industry. Prepaid […]
Sunspots are supposed to be at their peak activity around next year according to scientists who calculates solar cycles that have been tracked centuries ago. But lately, scientists are baffled by the surprise realization that their calculations may be so off that instead of a burst of solar activity, sunspots will essentially disappear and remain […]
The lifespan of Americans vary widely from one area to another, with residents of those areas having obesity and smoking problems experiencing shorter life expectancies, a report published in Population Health Metrics said today. A recent, separate estimate by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that an American born in 2009 could expect […]
Public transport will not be a viable option for baby boomers in many U.S. cities when they enter retirement age according to the Transportation for America Report presented in Congress today. The study reveals that 15.5 million retirees ages 65 to 79 will have poor or absent access to public transport four years from now. […]
Medical errors are just as likely to happen in doctors’ clinics and physicians’ offices as well as in hospitals where they are thought to happen more often. This is the result of a new study that looked at the rate of malpractice claim payments in the United States from 2005 to 2009. That rate […]
Emma Watson tells the July issue of Vogue that her decision of attending Brown University last 2009 was met with great disdain by “Harry Potter’s” franchise’s distributer. “I have felt for the last 10 years I have had this battle; I’ve been fighting so hard to have an education. It’s been this uphill struggle,” Watson […]
Al Qaeda’s Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the organization’s leader in East Africa, has been killed in a shootout in Mogadishu, Somalia according to Somali and U.S. officials. Mr. Mohammed is said to have orchestrated the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The U.S. had placed a $5 million bounty on the terrorist’s head. […]
Formaldehyde exposure can cause rare malignancies such as throat cancer and sinus cancer according to the National Institutes of Health. On Friday, the NIH released an updated list of cancer-causing substances. Formaldehyde, styrene and aristolochic acids are among the eight chemicals added to the list. Formaldehyde is a common ingredient in many household products such […]
18-year-old singer and actress Selena Gomez was rushed to hospital after her appearance on U.S. television. She is in a hospital in the Los Angeles area and currently undergoing tests. Her spokesman told MailOnline that Gomez was suffering from nausea and a severe headache.It’s still a mystery what caused her illness. A spokesman for the […]
Weight gain had long been reported by many people who quit smoking but it’s not until now that scientists finally understood the mechanism behind it. As reported Friday in the journal Science, researchers have discovered that nicotine supresses the appetite by activating cells in the brain responsible for the feeling of satiety. It means that […]
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