Depression: Some Astounding Statistics and What You Should do if You or a Loved One is Confronting It Americans are becoming increasingly depressed, and have been since at least the 1950s. Back in 1905, for instance, just 1 percent of Americans suffered from depression by age 75. Fast-forward [...]
Back-to-School: Six Tips for Parents to Get Your Child Ready for a New School Year With summer vacation wrapping up in the next couple of weeks, millions of U.S. children will make their yearly trek back to school. But before you breathe a sigh of relief, there’s some [...]
Interval Training: Why it May be the Best Workout for You, Too It's been used almost exclusively by elite athletes for decades, but now you'll find plenty of average gym-goers taking part in this trendy, fitness secret. It is interval training, a method of exercise that combines high-intensity [...]
Is Your Teenager Starting College? 10 Tips to Cut Back Costs Big Time While 56% of students attend four-year colleges or universities that charge tuition of less than $9,000 a year, 9 percent attend colleges with tuition of $33,000 or more a year. Paying for college tuition is one [...]
The Dangers of "Junk Sleep", and What You Can Do About It Parents of teenagers are likely familiar with the array of media outlets -- iPads, TV, cell phones, stereos, video games and computers -- that many teens are glued to at all hours of the day. When's the [...]
12 Things NOT to Do in the Summer Heat When the thermometer climbs over 80 degrees F, you can easily become fatigued just from being outside in the heat. Once the temperature rises above 90 degrees -- a common occurrence during the dog days of summer in the United [...]
Married Men (and Women) Really are Healthier and Respond Better to Certain Treatments Although single men may tout the joys of living the carefree "bachelor's life," it turns out married men may have an advantage. Numerous studies have proven that married life is good for men, physically, mentally [...]
The Top 10 Slimming Foods You know how you can put on a couple of pounds by just looking at a cheeseburger and fries? Well, some foods have the opposite effect, helping you burn extra energy -- and keep weight off -- just by eating them. Better still, these [...]
All About Absinthe: Its History, Effects, Laws and More in Brief In late 19th-century Europe and early 20th-century United States, absinthe was all the rage. This 140-proof, bitter-tasting green liqueur was fancied by artists, poets and intellectuals alike. Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gaugin, Pablo Picasso, Oscar Wilde, Charles [...]
Rip Currents & Other Hidden Hazards That Everyone Who Swims and Plays In Oceans or Lakes Needs to Know Most trips to the beach are pleasantly uneventful with visitors taking in the sun, sand and surf, and maybe searching for a seashell or two. Assuming you know how [...]