11 Animals You Didn’t Know Could Fly
Not a bird? No problem. Several species can achieve takeoff using their skin, ribs and even silk to glide through air. These animals take the phrase “when pigs fly” to…
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Zachary Quinto Pays Tribute To His Spock Predecessor Leonard Nimoy
The younger Spock has joined the chorus of condolences for Leonard Nimoy. Zachary Quinto, who portrayed the “Star Trek” character Nimoy made famous in two movies directed by J.J. Abrams,…
6 Surprising Heart Attack Triggers
Some heart attack risk factors are common knowledge. The average person knows, for example, that obesity, diabetes and hypertension can lead to an increased risk. And behaviors like smoking and…
Donut Shop Lets You Customize The Pastry Of Your Dreams
Donuts are certainly having a moment. Dunkin’ and Entenmann’s are like the Sega games you retired to the attic when your parents finally bought you a PlayStation. You keep them…
Mother Hears Late Son’s Heart Beat Inside Organ Recipient For First Time
A mother was moved to tears after experiencing the memory of her late son through an organ transplant recipient. Matthew McIntyre died almost two decades ago at age 14 when…
Kenyth Mogan, LGBT Singer, Releases ‘Unlock Your Heart’ (VIDEO)
Can the tin man learn to unlock his heart? – For more from Mogan, visit his official Facebook page and follow him on Twitter.
A Broken Heart, a Child’s Life
Credit Tamir Kalifa Credit Oksana Yushko Credit Jason Lam/International Center of Photography Credit Bharat Choudhary Baby Rose was born on Aug. 22, 2008, with a heart defect that would disrupt…
Artist Inspired By ‘Humans Of New York’ Launches Series To Help Homeless In Canada
A picture is worth a thousand words — and its impact can be contagious, too. Inspired by the work of photographer and humanitarian Brandon Stanton — the man behind photo…
8 Health Risks Of Sleeping Too Much
It’s a little hard to believe there’s such a thing as sleeping too much, since so many of us feel like it’s a struggle to even get barely enough. But…
The 8 Best Foods For Your Heart
SPECIAL FROM Grandparents.com What we eat and drink can protect our bodies against myriad health woes. Newer studies have shown that over 50% of heart disease cases are preventable with…
The Wonderful Reason Why An Atlanta Children’s Hospital Received 70,000 Valentines
You are loved. You are brave. You’re MY inspiration. These are just some of the words of support and love that young heart patients at an Atlanta children’s hospital got…
Vivica A. Fox: Ex-Boyfriend 50 Cent Is ‘Absolutely The Love Of My Life’
Love after love. 50 Cent and Vivica A. Fox had a famously passionate relationship and an even wilder breakup in 2003, but in a new interview on The Meredith Vieira…
Smoking’s Health Toll Worse Than Previously Thought, Study Says
However bad you thought smoking was, it’s even worse. A new study adds at least five diseases and 60,000 deaths a year to the toll taken by tobacco in the…
Red Wine — And, OK, Grape Juice Too — Might Help You Burn Fat
Everybody’s heard (and perhaps too enthusiastically held on to?) the old maxim that a glass of red wine is good for your heart. And now, in new research that makes…
Ex-UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian, ‘Tark the Shark,’ dies at 84
UNLV confirmed on its website the passing of the former Runnin’ Rebels head coach. Tarkanian had been hospitalized since Monday with respiratory problems and had been hospitalized three times in…
Social media suggest #JobsForJonStewart
At the end, the show cut to a clip of a monkey washing a cat, mixing the lighthearted with a serious moment in true “Daily Show” form. Stewart fans took…
Family, Work Stress Makes Heart Attack Recovery Tougher For Women
Joanne Maglaras knows all about the love and support of family. She also knows all about stress of family life and how it can affect heart health. Five years ago,…
New Candy Hearts Are A Sign Of Our Crumbling Civilization
Valentine’s Day is almost upon us, and that means it’s candy heart time. And the only constant in candy heart land is change. NECCO has updated its list of phrases…
Parents to parents: Vaccinating is personal
Doctors told Vallejos she had four options: abortion; taking the pregancy to term and letting nature take its course; putting her baby through three separate reconstructive heart surgeries after birth;…
Ivete Medeiros Says Bra Saved Her From Stray Bullet
A Brazilian news report says an underwire bra saved a woman’s life after she was struck near the heart by a stray bullet. – Medeiros told the network, “It was…
6 ways to improve odds and beat heart disease
And it’s good news since studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that heart disease is the leading cause of death for American women and men. February…
10 Clichés About Love That Won’t Save Your Marriage
Hollywood makes matters of the heart seem so simple. If real like was like the movies, you could win over your lover or end an argument with one perfectly scripted…
10 Most Annoying Things Adults Say To Teens About Love
It’s pretty much inevitable that, at some point during your teen years, you’ll be rejected or dumped or even heart broken. And when that happens, it’s likely that a well-meaning…
Seriously Lonely Guy Snapchats His Heartbreak And It’s Hilarious
However single or distraught you are over your last split, take heart: you aren’t as lonely or heartbroken as this guy. “My buddy Billy has been Snapchatting me these all…
Super Bowl Commercials Go for Heart, Not Just Funny Bone and Jugular
The game plan for the advertising blitz during Super Bowl XLIX was simple: Go straight for the heart. Many of the commercials during NBC’s national broadcast of Sunday’s game sought…
Hallmark’s ‘Put Your Heart To Paper’ Valentine Campaign Features Lesbian Couple
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Hallmark is featuring a same-sex couple as part of its new “Put Your Heart To Paper’ campaign. – H/T AdWeek
Opinion: Cumberbatch misspoke — now let’s get over it and fight real prejudice
I found myself talking back to the radio this morning in a way that I’ve never quite done before. The station was LBC, one of the UK’s leading radio stations,…
Salt May Not Affect Heart Risks
The study, in JAMA Internal Medicine, included 2,642 people, average age 74. Half the participants were women, 62 percent were white and 38 percent were African-American. All were free of…
The Scary Way Excessive Salt Intake May ‘Reprogram’ The Brain
There are many health reasons to lay off the salt, from fluid retention to an increased risk over time of developing high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke. – The…
The mysterious world of ‘lightbombing’: Dazzling art illuminates the streets
It’s 4 o’clock in the morning. Most of Birmingham, the second most populated city in England, is fast asleep. But like a thief in the dead of night, a solitary…