Thanks to hard work, determination, and Ohio’s dual enrollment program that provides students in grades 7 to 12 with the opportunity to earn college credits, one ambitious teen is already a college graduate before his high school graduation in 2021. Warrensville Heights High School student Cameron Ray proudly walked across …
Read More »Hate It Or Love It?! Congress Raises National Tobacco & E-Cigarette Purchasing Age To 21-Years-Old
Source: Tevarak Phanduang / EyeEm / Getty Congress Set To Raise National Tobacco Age To 21 Congress reportedly voted to raise the national minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to a much older 21. According to Fox News, the Senate approved the policy within an eight-bill package in the run-up …
Read More »Medical News Today: Dementia: Obesity, but not diet or inactivity, raises risk
A new, long-term study finds that midlife obesity raises the risk of dementia in women. However, calorie intake and physical inactivity do not. Share on PinterestObesity in midlife may raise a woman’s risk of dementia later on, new research suggests. Sarah Floud, Ph.D., of the Nuffield Department of Population Health …
Read More »Colin Kaepernick’s Nike Kicks Will Feature Lots Of Symbolism
If you stand with Kaep, then you will be elated to know that the release of Colin Kaepernick’s much-anticipated sneaker collaboration with Nike will be available just in time for the holidays. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and activist, proudly announced that his “True To 7” Air Force 1 …
Read More »DMX-Mas: Fans Are STILL Plotting For A DMX Christmas Album
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Earl Simmons, aka DMX turned 49 years old earlier this must, and it’s safe to say that the hip hop legend seems to be in a much better space than he was a few years ago. X has had lots of ups and downs in …
Read More »Medical News Today: What to know about dysarthria
Dysarthria is a collective term for a group of speech disorders that occur as a result of muscle weakness. People with dysarthria have neurological damage that weakens the muscles necessary for speech. The neurological damage underlying dysarthria may occur as a result of a stroke, brain injury, or neurodegenerative disease. …
Read More »Christmas Under the Bypass
U.S. Highway 90, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2015 Photograph by Joshua Dudley Greer On a warm, sunny December day in 2015, Joshua Dudley Greer drove into New Orleans and set up his large-format camera beneath Pontchartrain Expressway. The scene Greer encountered was both somber and festive, an assertion of personal space …
Read More »Medical News Today: Finding life's meaning can keep us healthy as we age
A new study finds a correlation between a sense of meaning and physical and mental well-being as we grow older. Share on PinterestFinding meaning in one’s life can help people stay healthy in later years. The older people get, the more their lives might change. For example, their friends and …
Read More »50 Cent Rents Out An Empty Toys 'R' Us For His Son
50 Cent spared no expense in making sure his 7-year-old son, Sire, had a Christmas to remember. According to TMZ, the Power star rented out an entire Toys ‘R’ Us in New Jersey to allow his son to shop until he dropped without worrying about last-minute shoppers. At the moment, there …
Read More »Medical News Today: Is tonsillitis contagious?
The tonsils are two small lymph nodes located either side of the back of the throat. As with other lymph nodes, they form part of the immune system. Their job is to keep viruses and bacteria from making their way into the body through the nose and mouth. Sometimes, however, …
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