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According to a recent publication by The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, a colonoscopy does not need to be used to screen adults for colon cancer. They instead have a simpler and far less invasive suggestion: search for blood in the stool that may be indicative of colon cancer. The goal of screening […]

What are the most expensive cat breeds in the world? You might be surprised by the answers. We already covered the most expensive dog in the world (we’ll get to the individual dog breeds later). But we were curious as to what kind of loot the affluent were shelling out for their very own royal

It seems that the powers that be in the NFL are finally starting to get it: players do not get ejected enough. Period. You see far too many dirty plays, cheap shots, and penalties that go unabated, where players and teams are reprimanded with meager penalties and sometimes the occasional fine. If this method of

That morning cup of coffee that many of us look forwards to really adds the jolt we need to start our day. Heck, there’s a good reason why chains like Starbucks are found on many street corners these days. But aside from the delicious taste and mental perkiness it offers, coffee may help with your

As we reach retirement age, many of us will consider when the right time is to apply for Social Security benefits. With studies finding that most people lack the proper retirement savings, it can be a scary thought to wonder how you will manage to pay for your golden years. This unpreparedness is, perhaps, the

It’s official: most people do not feel that confident about their retirement, and a new survey that was outlined in Yahoo Finance confirms this. Just 6 out of 10 people are prepared for retirement these days, according to the retirement survey results. In a polled that was conducted by Nielsen, 60% of those surveyed had

I’ve been guilty of it and there’s a good chance that you or someone that you might know has also been guilty of this in the past: claiming that the daddy longlegs is the most poisonous spider in the world. Here’s how the typical claim goes. “Did you know that the most poisonous spider in

The Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina is leading the way for a new revolution in medicine: 3-D printed bone, cartilage and muscle tissue. “It has been challenging to produce human scale tissues with 3-D printing because larger tissues require additional nutrition,” explained Dr. Anthony Atala in a recent email interview with

A newly introduced Medicare income scale can make it more expensive to pay for Parts B and D when they go into effect in 2018. But newer reports, such as this one from Investment News, as are saying that it may make sense to use a reverse mortgage for Medicare surcharges in the future because

A 65-year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom has hatched a chick recently. The information was provided by the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Ocean. Astonishingly, it’s the sixth chick that the bird has hatched since 2006. It’s the only known bird to hatch chicks at such a ripe, old age. Typically, albatrosses do