Almost everyone hates moving. With 40 million people in the U.S. moving each year, this high stress experience is shared by many. For anyone who has had to strain and sweat under the weight of heavy furniture, or who hates the sound of packing tape unfurling, realizing that a move is forthcoming might be a…
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Carbon Monoxide Found to Be Deadly Saginaw House Killer
The investigative case regarding how two people died who were found in a condemned house in Saginaw, MI has finally revealed the cause of death.After an autopsy of the two bodies, Saginaw Police Detective Sgt. Reggie Williams said the pair, 54 year old Yvoone Mallett and 58 year old Napoleon Buford Jr, succumbed to carbon…
Younger, First-Time Owners Driving This Year’s Increase in Luxury Brand Car Sales
Luxury car sales are “booming,” says a report from Time.com, but it might not mean what you think it means for the economy.More recently, Time reported that overall new car sales rose 40 percent between August 2012 and August 2013 in the United States, an almost 50 percent increase in car sales in just one…
How 3-D Printing is Changing the Face of Modern Dentistry
It is a well-known fact that we are living in the Age of Big Data, a period in which humanity is collecting and recording an unprecedented amount of information, which is then analyzed by computers and in turn, used to create even more information. Many of the things that revolutionized how our species lives came…
Recent Study Shows Dish Cloths, Sponges Dirtier Than Toilets
You might want to think twice about re-using that sponge the next time you wash your dishesNew research has found that dish cloths and kitchen sponges carry more germs than the average toilet.According to a July 7 KSHB 41 article, UK researchers found that these germs include life-threatening bacteria like E-Coli. 90% of kitchen…
Serial Robber Conducts $65,000 Dental Equipment Heist
A man who stole some $65,000 worth of dental equipment from two Brooklyn dental offices late last month is wanted by law enforcement.According to a July 8 NY Post article, the thief stole enough equipment to be able to create his own dental practice, including two whitening lasers, a root-canal locator, two digital X-ray sensors, three polishing…
Temporary Jobs More Prevalent in B.C. Than in Previous Years, Says Report
According to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, an increasing number of people in British Columbia are working at temporary jobs.“The clear trend is temporary jobs that are unprotected and open for abuse,” said B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair, who has identified the results of the two-year study as…
Google’s Latest Lawsuit Finds The Search Giant in Hot Water Over Street View Wiretapping
Google, which control the world’s search engine market with a 65-70 percent share, has been accused of wiretapping during their Google Street View mapping project. The United States Supreme Court is allowing a case against the search giant to proceed. The lawsuit accuses Google of exploiting and misappropriating data and breaking federal laws by secretly collecting…
Shiatsu Massage Could Be the Perfect Treatment For Insomnia, New Research Suggests
A new study from the University of Alberta suggests that shiatsu, the traditional Japanese massage method, may work as a non-pharmacologic sleep aid, particularly for people suffering from insomnia derived from chronic pain. “We know that sleep involves both physiology and learning. You don’t just flip a switch and go to sleep,” says Cary Brown, an…
New University Study Finds Undeniable Link Between Exercise and Elderly Health
A recent study by the University of Missouri-Columbia has confirmed something many have known for quite some time: regular exercise staves off the effects of age on physical health. Using 38 residents at TigerPlace, a community home for the elderly in Columbia, Missouri, over the course of a year, university researchers determined that those older…