Patients using newer, low-estrogen birth control pills may run a higher risk of developing deadly blood clots than those who use older versions of oral contraceptive.
A recent study shows women who are using pills containing drospirenone-based pills such ...
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Skeptical that those nearly-ubiquitous dispensers of skin-stinging hand sanitizer do very much more than find cuts on your hand you didn't know you had and dry your skin out?
The FDA has taken hand sanitizer manufacturers to task ...
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The idea of your unpaid student loan debts or late car payments being publicized on your Facebook wall is probably pretty unpleasant sounding.
With high unemployment and a record wealth divide right now in the US, it also ...
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20-year-old Angelina Barnes was headed out to a Lady Gaga concert earlier this week, and selected a rather unusual method of accessorizing.
Instead of a bubble hat or meat dress, Barnes actually drowned her family's 15-year-old pet cat ...
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Contrary to common wisdom on the subject, it appears genital herpes sufferers may actually be more contagious than previously thought.
Only 10 to 25% of sufferers are aware they are infected with the condition, and a new study ...
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In what was not a scene from a slapstick comedy film, General Motors is recalling 2,100 2011 Chevy Cruze vehicles after a steering wheel detached from the steering column while some poor schmuck was actually driving the ...
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A 43-year-old Bellaire, Ohio man has died after police discovered him living in "deplorable conditions," fused to a chair by urine and feces.
The man, who was treated at a local hospital but later died, has not been ...
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Stories of foreign objects found in food tend to spread virally due often to their gross-out nature, or perhaps because the idea of food adulteration is so viscerally unnerving.
There was the guy who claimed to have found ...
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The internet's craft fair, Etsy, is taking a bit of flack right now for trying to make the site more social, and in doing so, revealing a bit more about Etsy users than users may be aware ...
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Okay, I am beginning to think this is a personal vendetta merely to deny those of us who drink Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi our beloved sole beverage of choice, or maybe some big conspiracy on the part ...
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CBS has made a concise statement regarding the events surrounding the assault of correspondent Lara Logan in Cairo late last week.
Logan, 39, pictured above just before the incident, reportedly became separated from her crew during celebrations following ...
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You might want to put down your death-inducing diet soda and take a look at this- it seems researchers have found that insufficient sleep can lead to an early demise as well.
Researchers in the UK reviewed data ...
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Researchers are quick to point out that although the behaviors have been "tied" together, causation has not been proven- but still... a link has been established between drinking a nice, cold, calorie-free diet soda daily, and "vascular events," such ...
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Carlina White's mother got 19 days to bond with her child before the baby, suffering from a fever, was snatched by a woman posing as a nurse at a New York City hospital.
Although Carlina was raised not ...
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The bi-monthly reports on seemingly benign activities and dying early are in, and this time it's not "sitting" that kills, and men are included in the at-risk group.
Blogger? Computer programmer? Administrative assistant? Hopefully getting old isn't on ...
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A chairlift at ski destination Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine has malfunctioned, injuring up to a dozen skiers and leaving hundreds stranded.
The incident occurred around 10:30 am local time today on the Spillway East lift when a cable ...
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, remains the leading cause of death in infants under the age of one.
Though SIDS is still fairly poorly understood, a few things are known about prevention. A campaign to educate parents ...
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The Department of Homeland security has confirmed that they are looking into a "credible threat" that terrorists may be planning to strike buffets and salad bars with poisons including ricin and cyanide en masse over a brief ...
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Phillip R. Greaves II, the author of controversial ebook The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover’s Code of Conduct, has been arrested... wait for it... on child porn-related obscenity charges.
The book sparked a bit of ...
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If you had a run in with iffy leftovers or methodically reviewed everything you've ever eaten while clutched in a reluctant, yakking embrace with a toilet bowl, about 17% of Americans this year could commiserate with your bout ...
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The creepy and unsettling image making the rounds last week that purportedly depicted a zombie-like creature lurking in a Louisiana backwater was, surprise surprise, a viral marketing campaign for an upcoming game, Resistance 3.
As the story goes, ...
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It seems Gawker writers may have poked the hornet's nest a few too many times this year, as a group of shadowy internet pranksters have cracked the fuck out of all of Gawker Media's web properties to ...
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