Dr. Krista Edelman was having a strange dream about a small mouse trying to get into her mouth. When she woke up, she was met with the horrifying realization that there was, in fact, a furry animal “burrowing” between her lips. “I reach up to my mouth … and then I touch something that is … Read more
Let sleeping bears lie — or pay up! A boat operator near Norway was hit with a fine of over $5,000 for blowing a foghorn to wake a sleeping polar bear, officials said Thursday. The vessel was sailing off the coast of the Svalbard archipelago, around 620 miles from the North Pole, earlier this month … Read more
Restless night? One in four Americans (25 percent) says a dream or nightmare has led to them making a change in their life like quitting a job or breaking up with a partner. A survey examining the sleep quality and dreams of 2,000 Americans found that a quarter (25 percent) feel a dream changed their … Read more
Is late-night tossing and turning stealing your shut-eye? You’re not alone. Nearly one in five US adults struggle to stay asleep until sunrise — turning the dream of 8 hours of uninterrupted rest into a nightmare. “Waking up in the middle of the night can be annoying, but this is not necessarily abnormal,” Dr. Dennis … Read more
Tamar Braxton has shared some shocking news. The “All the Way Home” singer took to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, Aug. 19, to reveal that she “almost died” over the weekend. “I struggled to write this but everyone keeps calling me and honestly, I can’t even really talk anymore I’m so weak,” Braxton, 48, began. … Read more
Want to feel good about the future? Move to the sticks. Wyoming residents are the most optimistic in the United States in 2024, according to a new study that assessed each of the fifty states and ranked them from most bright-eyed to most miserable. The Equality State ranked 7.2 out of 10 to take the … Read more
Some of the city’s buzziest gatherings are BYOB – as in bring your own binoculars. Gen Z and millennial New Yorkers are eschewing late nights and hungover mornings for 7 a.m. meetups to spot sparrows, swallows and finches. They’re forming birding clubs with unique identities — such as NYC Queer Birders and Feminist Bird Club … Read more
Anyone who has ever woken up in the middle of the night and struggled to go back to sleep knows the toll insomnia can take the following day. More than 17% of adults had trouble staying asleep most days or every day of the past month, according to 2020 data from the Centers for Disease Control and … Read more
Here’s an alert you won’t want to ignore. Teens are being flooded with constant notifications on their phones at all hours of the day — even during school and when they’re supposed to be sleeping. New research released Tuesday from Common Sense Media found that on a typical day, nearly half of 11- to 17-year-olds … Read more
A mom who was planning her wedding died after she woke up from a nap sweating. Ashleigh De-Andrade died in the hospital following a weekend away at Haven Hafan y Môr Holiday Park in North Wales. The 31-year-old left behind her three sons — Jacob, 12, Noah, 10, and Lewi, 3 — and her fiancé … Read more
NAFLD describes the presence of fatty cells inside the liver, which affects most individuals at varying degrees. Problems arise when these fat cells prevent the organ from functioning properly by causing a build-up of toxic waste in the body. The greater the extent of this damage, the less likely the organ is to recover, which … Read more
Five years ago, Lady Gaga revealed that she had fibromyalgia, a chronic illness so intense that it led to “severe pain” and tour cancellations during her music career. Fibromyalgia is a long-lasting disorder that “causes pain and tenderness throughout the body,” according to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. But while … Read more