In June 2012, at 34 years old and after 13 years of working in investment banking, I wanted out. So I decided to negotiate a severance, retire early, and live off passive income through my rental properties, stock dividends and e-book sales. But just one year in, I realized that the life of travel and leisure I thought I wanted wasn’t...
For millennia, people slept in two shifts – once in the evening, and once in the morning. But why? And how did the habit disappear? It was around 23:00 on 13 April 1699, in a small village in the north of England. Nine-year-old Jane Rowth blinked her eyes open and squinted out into the moody...
They’ve been linked to road rage, pathological gambling, and complicated acts of fraud. Some make us less neurotic, and others may even shape our social relationships. It turns out many ordinary medications don’t just affect our bodies – they affect our brains. Why? And should there be warnings on packets? “Patient Five” was in his...
ALEXANDRIA, Ky. (WAVE) – Faced with a tight budget and rising demands on its 17 officer police department, the City of Alexandria in Campbell County tried something different. Instead of hiring an additional officer and taking on the added expenses of equipping that officer, the police chief at the time hired a social worker to...
From the specific situations that trigger trauma to the mechanisms underlying its effects, there exists a wide range of distinguishable forms of this complex phenomenon. Some authors concentrate on naming the different types of traumatic situations (e.g., betrayal trauma, childhood trauma) while others focus on the wide range of symptoms and syndromes that can unfold as a result (e.g.,...
It turns out that rising from your sofa, heading to the course and playing a round of golf is good for you. Surprising? Hardly. But here’s a twist: golf’s health benefits don’t end there. A group of 25 European doctors and international experts have released a new analysis of 400 studies on the health effects of golf....
Davis Allen Cripe and Lanna Hamann never knew each other. David was from South Carolina, while Lanna was from Arizona. Despite their young age, both 16-year-olds died from sudden heart problems. And doctors believe the cause is the same — too much caffeine from energy drinks. Too Many Energy Drinks Could Lead To Death Lanna...
Walking down the halls at his high school in Ottawa, Ontario, Noah Abraham said he would often see boys sharing nude pictures of girls behind their backs. “People do it without consent,” the 17-year-old volleyball player said. “They’ll keep a collection and show their friend to create that clout, the coolness that they get from...
“You’ve got a big head,” is usually not a compliment, and you might be tempted to retort back: “A big head can fit a bigger brain.” Well, it turns out that could be partially true. Research from the UK Biobank — a large, long-term biobank study that began in 2007 — found that babies born with...
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can cause severe infection in anyone with a weak immune system. It is often found to affect infants and can be especially prevalent in premature infants. Ashley Gerbrandt is the mother of a premature baby, so she is quite concerned for her child’s safety. Some actions you can take to keep babies...
How do you define evil? Each religion has its own definition, along with various ways to spot and counteract these hostile forces. Evil and evil characters even appear in books and movies. These individuals possess great power and use it not to help people but rather to harm them. Evil people are in the business...
(Bloomberg) — Americans under the age of 45 have found a novel way to rebel against their elders: They’re staying married. New data show younger couples are approaching relationships very differently from baby boomers, who married young, divorced, remarried and so on. Generation X and especially millennials are being pickier about who they marry, tying...
