How giving kids too much sugar raises their risk for 2 chronic diseases

How giving kids too much sugar raises their risk for 2 chronic diseases

Just in time for Halloween, a new study finds that giving children sugar when they are really young — even in the womb — raises their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure later in life. The researchers determined that limiting sugar exposure in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life … Read more

Colin Farrell completes Dublin marathon while pushing friend in a wheelchair, raises over $700,000 for charity

Colin Farrell completes Dublin marathon while pushing friend in a wheelchair, raises over 0,000 for charity

Colin Farrell pounded the pavement through city streets to complete the Dublin marathon – all for the sake of his friendship with Emma Fogarty, the longest-surviving person in Ireland with a rare genetic skin disorder. Farrell, 48, was one of 20,000 runners to compete, but ran as part of the “Team Emma” squad, with the actor pushing … Read more

Jake Paul’s belly raises questions after bizarre workout video ahead of Mike Tyson fight

Jake Paul’s belly raises questions after bizarre workout video ahead of Mike Tyson fight

Jake Paul raised questions about his appearance after posting a video lifting weights while shirtless recently. The Instagram video shows the YouTuber-turned-pro boxer, who’s training for his fight against Mike Tyson on Nov. 15, setting a new personal record by bench-pressing 500 pounds. However, fans seemed more interested in his stomach, which was pushed out … Read more

Restaurant’s strict dress code raises eyebrows: ‘People are not leaving anything for the imagination’

Restaurant’s strict dress code raises eyebrows: ‘People are not leaving anything for the imagination’

People are putting a North Carolina eatery in check after they posted a strict dress code. Kim’s Kafe, a soul food restaurant in Greensboro, posted its rules regarding what people are not allowed to wear when visiting, saying that it “has been in place all summer.” Their dress code, according to their Facebook post, includes: … Read more

Should I say something about my nice but sexist boss?

Should I say something about my nice but sexist boss?

I have a boss who always makes sexist comments, but he is also very supportive of me and has never acted inappropriately. However, the comments are wearing me down. I have tried talking to him but he just doesn’t see why his biased comments on gender and such like are problematic. Am I overreacting? Nobody … Read more

Temu’s $21M Super Bowl ad blitz raises eyebrows — inside the discount site marred with scam allegations

Temu’s M Super Bowl ad blitz raises eyebrows — inside the discount site marred with scam allegations

Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl-winning beau Travis Kelce may have secured the Lombardi Trophy Sunday, but Temu scored the ultimate touchdown — making it the “Anti-Hero” of the night to skeptics.  Reminiscent of the Pied Piper, the Chinese e-commerce giant drove hordes of the big game’s 123.4 million viewers to its site with its buzzy “Shop Like … Read more

‘Yellowstone’ drama continues — Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes want raises for spinoff: report

‘Yellowstone’ drama continues — Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes want raises for spinoff: report

There’s a little more giddyup at the Dutton Ranch. “Yellowstone” stars Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes and Cole Hauser are seeking raises to appear on the show’s spinoff series, according to a report in Puck News. Reilly, Grimes and Hauser play Beth Dutton, Kayce Dutton and Rip Wheeler on the Paramount Network series. There have been … Read more

Meghan Markle’s ex-pal Jessica Mulroney raises eyebrows with shady social media quote about people who ‘believe lies’

Meghan Markle’s ex-pal Jessica Mulroney raises eyebrows with shady social media quote about people who ‘believe lies’

Meghan Markle’s ex-bestie Jessica Mulroney has seemingly shaded the Duchess in a new Instagram post that’s raising eyebrows on both sides of the pond. The stylist, 43, shared a cryptic quote on her Stories about people who feed into “lies” about someone else. The quote comes just three years after Mulroney and the Duchess of … Read more

‘Game-changing’ drug raises cervical cancer survival rate by 30% compared to chemotherapy

‘Game-changing’ drug raises cervical cancer survival rate by 30% compared to chemotherapy

Better care for cancer patients may be on the horizon. A new prescription medicine for treating cervical cancer has been showing positive results in clinical trials. In phase 3 global trials, TIVDAK (tisotumab vedotin) was linked to a 30% overall reduction in the risk of death compared to chemotherapy. TIVDAK also demonstrated a 33% decrease in the risk of … Read more

American Airlines pilots approve new contract that includes big pay raises

American Airlines pilots approve new contract that includes big pay raises

American Airlines pilots have approved a new contract that will raise their pay about 41% over four years, their union said Monday. The Allied Pilots Association said that 73% of pilots who took part voted in favor of the four-year contract, which it valued at $9.6 billion. “This contract is a big first step toward … Read more

A sugary drink a day ‘significantly’ raises liver cancer risk: study

A sugary drink a day ‘significantly’ raises liver cancer risk: study

This is soda pressing. Older women who drink just one sugar-sweetened beverage a day have a “significantly higher” risk of developing liver cancer and of dying from chronic liver disease, according to a study published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA. The research found that postmenopausal women who consumed at least one sweetened soft drink … Read more

Duggar family and ‘cult’ religion exposed in docuseries: ‘Raises little predators’

Duggar family and ‘cult’ religion exposed in docuseries: ‘Raises little predators’

An explosive new trailer for a docuseries about the Duggar family from “19 Kids and Counting” was released on Thursday and claims to “expose the truth” about a religion that many claim “raises little predators” and “turned every father into a cult leader.” TLC’s now-canceled reality show chronicled the kids’ lives as they were brought … Read more

How to have difficult conversations in the workplace

How to have difficult conversations in the workplace

Brooklyn resident Errol Pierre, 40, isn’t the kind of guy who stays in his lane and minds his own business when he sees that something is going terribly wrong. Two decades ago, while studying finance, he took a job at a beauty salon. An unhappy customer said her hair had been dyed the wrong color. … Read more

South Carolina family raises over $262K for 72-year-old Domino’s employee who fell delivering pizzas

South Carolina family raises over 2K for 72-year-old Domino’s employee who fell delivering pizzas

After witnessing a Domino’s employee fall while delivering pizzas to their home earlier this month, a South Carolina family wanted to bless the hard-working woman, who was about to retire, by giving her a generous tip. Lacey Keighron and her family decided they were going to create a GoFundMe account to give the final “tip” for 72-year-old … Read more

Racism raises Alzheimer’s risk for non-white Americans, HHS says

Racism raises Alzheimer’s risk for non-white Americans, HHS says

“Entrenched systemic racism” is a significant risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in non-white Americans, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) claimed in its 2022 update on how to fight the disease. The HHS’ “National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease” said black, Hispanic and low-income populations are more likely to face health-related … Read more

The million-dollar Ford Mustang: Muscle car raises a fortune for hurricane relief

The million-dollar Ford Mustang: Muscle car raises a fortune for hurricane relief

It’s a car so nice, it was sold for big bucks twice. The 2022 Mustang Shelby GT500 Heritage Edition raised $1,000,938.00 for charity at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Houston, despite having a sticker price of just $112,385. The limited-edition Brittany Blue coupe was donated to the event by philanthropist George Shinn, with all proceeds from the sale … Read more

COVID raises risk of long-term brain injury, large U.S. study finds

COVID raises risk of long-term brain injury, large U.S. study finds

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – People who had COVID-19 are at higher risk for a host of brain injuries a year later compared with people who were never infected by the coronavirus, a finding that could affect millions of Americans, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. The year-long study, published in Nature Medicine, assessed brain … Read more

Prevalence of BA.5 variant raises concerns about infectivity, hospitalization

Prevalence of BA.5 variant raises concerns about infectivity, hospitalization

There are growing concerns about a new Omicron subvariant that is even more transmissible, called BA.5. The new subvariant accounts for the majority of COVID-19 cases in the United States and is raising concerns about an increase in the number of hospitalizations. The White House on Tuesday held a press briefing with its top health … Read more