Sixty or so years ago, doctors used to appear in ads promoting cigarettes. There were actually ads for Camel where doctors would recommend them because, "more doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette." This begs the question:...Continue
What is thinspo? Thinspiration is a play on words between "thin" and "inspiration" - it's often shortened to "thinspo." SO how can this seemingly healthy online trend (after all, there are pictures of good foods to eat, - fruits and...Continue
As you know, people LOVE trying any gimmick to lose weight that doesn't involve increasing their exercise levels or lowering their pizza intake, and this new product falls DIRECTLY into the sweet spot. A British company called The...Continue
A University of West Georgia masters student, Aimee Copeland, is fighting for her life after catching a flesh-eating disease during a zip line accident. She was on a homemade zip line during a kayaking trip when the line broke and cut...Continue
One 14-year-old has inspired Seventeen magazine to offer up a "Body Peace Treaty" - a pledge to its readers to minimize the use of digital retouching in its photos, and champion a diverse range of sizes and appearances. Julie Bluhm, a...Continue
A man in Tennessee drinks a glass of water every day hoping to get rid of a little problem. He's had the hiccups... for 27 years. The guy lies in bed at least an hour or more before he dozes off. When he wakes up, the hiccups are still...Continue
Add this to the list of things we used to do all the time as kids that have now been totally ruined: drinking out of a garden hose could kill you! A new study by a company called Healthy Stuff tested 90 different garden hoses and...Continue
It's summer, and if you're like most people, it's all about getting your beach body and tan on. While that golden glow is the epitome of summer trophies, it can have some some seriously saggy side effects down the line. Check out the...Continue
Would you wager on yourself? That's the burgeoning trend in the weight loss world - monetary gain. If you stand to win - or lose, for that matter - hundreds of dollars on a handful of pounds, that might just light a motivational fire...Continue
The weight debate: if your significant other gained a significant amount of weight post-wedding, would that be a dealbreaker? Some couples even have agreements in their wedding vows that they'll "stay healthy"...aka keep off the...Continue
An 800-pound woman from Arizona is getting married and was fitted for what's being called the biggest wedding dress in the world. Susanne Eman is getting married this summer in a wedding dress that will fit around her 107-and-a-half...Continue
A New Jersey woman was arrested after she took her six-year-old daughter into a tanning booth - and the child suffered serious burns. Cops got called to her daughter's elementary school because of what looked like a severe sunburn. The...Continue
Movies that changed your life: have you ever seen a film that touched you in some way that it caused you to change your life in some way? Whether it made you change you look at the world differently, reconnect with an estranged friend,...Continue
A Gallup poll asked people all over the world to rate their lives from 0 to 10, and it found huge differences in global happiness. More than a third of Europeans ranked themselves an 8 or higher. Less than 5% said the same in sub-Saharan...Continue
