Thanksgiving is a holiday associated with family, good food, and gratefulness. But for the Debbs household, the festivities turned into a nightmare when Oakley Debbs, aged 11, made a decision that took his life.
The Deebs family decided to order in a Thanksgiving dinner basket for themselves to eat.
This was so they wouldn’t need to spend as much time on...
Darren and Sophie are two parents who tend to be quite busy! Darren’s work occupies him even during typical holiday times, so after spending time being immersed in work over Christmas, he and his family decided to head out to Tenerife for a little vacation to make up for the lack of festivities.
Sophie and Darren gathered their children, including...
The flu season of 2018 is particularly brutal, especially in the United States.
Records on cases of the flu during these times have been kept since about 13 years ago, and according to the data collected, this year’s topped the charts as the most widespread flu season in those 13 years.
This flu season has also been particularly deadly. Health officials...
The liver is one of the largest organs inside the body, and the heaviest. Its primary function is to process and help digest the nutrients we get from food.
It also builds proteins, creates bile, and helps flush out toxins, so it’s an important organ to keep healthy!
Holding urine, drinking too much alcohol, and eating a poor diet can lead...
Getting sufficient sleep is incredibly important. It determines our energy levels, productivity, focus, mood, and health for the rest of the next day. Bad sleeping habits can lead to health issues of all varieties.
Unfortunately, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a startling one in every five individuals living in the United States either has a type of...
The thought of preserving human stem cells with the use of cryopreservation and storing the cells in special cell banks sounds like an idea ripped straight out of strange science fiction movies.
As it turns out, though, life truly does imitate art, and the days where cell banks of this variety could become a reality are no longer far behind...
It’s rare to come across a single home in America that doesn’t make use of eggs in the kitchen.
They’re inexpensive and have countless uses, and there are so many ways they can be cooked and eaten, and even more ways to include them in delicious recipes.
Even better, eggs don’t spoil easily. When stored correctly, they have an impressively long...
Anyone who is very careful about cooking their eggs thoroughly either has a strong distaste against the taste of egg yolk, or is highly concerned about the possibility of salmonella, a bacteria that is known to infect the body’s intestinal tract.
Most people who are infected by salmonella develop no symptoms, while others who are unlucky develop symptoms such as...
Our body is a wondrous thing, and although many of the illnesses we experience are seemingly visible, those with a sharp eye will be able to see just exactly where our bodies are warning us about the diseases that we carry around with us.
This is because the health of a single organ affects all parts of the body -...
Our modern lifestyle is only serving to worsen our health conditions, and the cost for the cures you need only climb ever higher.
At this point in time, plenty of people are looking towards alternative medications from history across the ancient cultures found in the world.
The reason for this?
Either as a last-ditch desperate attempt when all else is failing, or...
