The weather is warmer, the days are longer — and a lot of people spend more time eating outdoors with family and friends. But in warmer weather, rates of foodborne illnesses rise. To that point, each year in the U.S., some 48 million people get sick, 128,000 people are hospitalized and 3,000 people die from foodborne illness, according … Read more
Spouses with sleep apnea are unnecessarily putting their marriage vows to the test. An estimated one in three Americans is sleeping regularly in a separate bed from their partner — a move dubbed “sleep divorce” — due to snoring and sleep disorders, according to a recent survey by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Snoring … Read more
Better latte than never? With some TikTokers blaming their mid-afternoon energy crashes on drinking coffee first thing in the morning, researchers are spilling the beans on the pros and cons of delaying your caffeine intake. “Everyone responds to caffeine differently,” Marilyn Cornelis, a caffeine researcher at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, told The … Read more
Do all Americans go through a process of dumbening? IQ scores in the US are on the wane for the first time ever — and experts are saying that technology is to blame. A report from 2023 revealed the depressing reality — that the average intelligence test score fell from 100 to 98, a dismal, two point … Read more
Matt Ryan used his unofficial retirement year to set up his broadcasting career. And now that he’s officially retired, Ryan is being thrust into the media spotlight. Ryan will join the “The NFL Today” show this upcoming season after the network shockingly moved on from former New York quarterbacks Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms. J.J. … Read more
Megan Rapinoe emphasized that the Caitlin Clark effect was built on the foundation of past and present WNBA veterans. The retired USWNT star explained that Clark — who was the No. 1 overall pick by the Fever in the 2024 WNBA Draft — isn’t the only one who’s responsible for the growth of women’s basketball. … Read more
This could be a danger to your health — no butts about it. A nutritionist is sounding the alarm about “office bum,” saying a flat posterior could pose serious medical issues. Expert Annabelle Smith says shapeless booties are extremely common due to our sedentary lifestyles, with many workers sitting uninterrupted for up to 9 hours … Read more
King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark cashed in nearly a whopping $2 million for simply fulfilling their royal duties last year. An official finance report published by the Danish Palace Tuesday shows that the majority of the couple’s income — paid for by the state — covered their housing and staff costs. It also covered … Read more
John Fanta, the ebullient rising Fox Sports college basketball personality, spent the summer between his junior and senior years at Seton Hall sharing a room in a hostel in Los Angeles with a 60-year-old immigrant from Africa. The Cleveland native had dreamed of being the soundtrack to sports since listening to — and mimicking — … Read more
A New Mexico man has died of complications from the bubonic plague as state health officials scramble to assess the ongoing risk in the region. The unidentified Lincoln Country resident had been hospitalized recently with the bacterial affliction, although the details surrounding how he contracted it and how his health deteriorated remain unclear, the state … Read more
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang was in a board meeting when he received a text from tech reporter Kara Swisher, asking bout a decision the Yahoo board had made. The problem was that this decision had just been made in that very meeting. Kara Swisher is the author of “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story.” “His … Read more
Of all the basketball junkies that approach “NBA CrunchTime” host Jared Greenberg and tell him they love the show, one group that has really stuck out to him is the referees. “CrunchTime,” which airs on the NBA app on mobile devices and smart TVs, is the “NFL Red Zone” concept applied to basketball, and Greenberg … Read more
Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton is winning on and off the court. The 23-year-old All-Star stole the show in Thursday’s win against the Bucks in the semifinal game of the NBA In-Season Tournament, where his girlfriend, Jade Jones, was in the crowd at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Although Haliburton isn’t yet considered a … Read more
Holiday gatherings are expected to cause a spike in respiratory syncytial virus infections across the country. RSV is a highly contagious and potentially deadly virus that can cause respiratory disease. Symptoms include fever, worsening cough and restricted airways leading to trouble breathing. Most people recover in a week but as the last RSV season lasted longer … Read more
More than 20% of American adults say they “rarely or never” wake up feeling well-rested, according to a new survey from U.S. News & World Report. Nearly half (43%) of survey respondents said they have experienced insomnia in 2023, and 17% said they’ve suffered from sleep apnea. The survey, which polled 1,200 adults about their … Read more
Earlier this week, the country was shocked to learn that America’s 1984 sweetheart, Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton, was in a Texas hospital fighting for her life against a rare form of pneumonia. But fans were even more surprised to learn the 55-year-old legend does not have health insurance — and her family was … Read more
Trumpet legend Herb Alpert once out-sold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in the same year with Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass’ “Whipped Cream & Other Delights,” the No. 1-selling album of 1966. And six decades later, he recently found himself in the same conversation with Taylor Swift when she tied his long-standing record … Read more
A New York University professor is sounding the alarm about a looming social crisis for young men driven by the rise of “AI sex bots” and excessive consumption of pornography. Scott Galloway advocated for schools to start teaching young men “mating dynamics” to help preserve their ability to seek and build meaningful relationships with romantic … Read more
The number of Australians having sex outside of their relationship has increased, according to new data. Affairs have been happening since the dawn of time, but interestingly, it’s not just the married among us who are getting it on the outside of their shared bed these days. As stigmas and cultural attitudes change, the number … Read more
Bummer. Nearly 4,000 people are hospitalized with foreign objects in their rectum each year, according to a new study published last month in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine — with many of the stuck items sexual objects. Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York were stumped by the “little epidemiologic information on … Read more