A new study has examined a decade of data about the causes of concussions during high school soccer games, discovering that a heading ban on soccer heading could decrease head injuries. However, a better improvement would the enforcement of rules about various types of player-to-player contact
The number of couples filing for divorce in the country continues to rise. The marriage registration offices in Guangzhou cannot even cope with the number of applicants and are forced to delay some applications.
Summer months are when swarms of bugs such as flies, mosquitoes, and ticks are out and about near rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water, where they reproduce during hot and humid weather. The good news is that people can take steps for insect bite prevention, which can help to keep the annoying bugs away. That will in turn avoid blood-sucking nibbles that result in various mosquito-borne microbes such as the West Nile virus, and boost summer safety.
Many of the new college graduates in the United States are not kickstarting their careers. A study by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) that gathered views from 400 private and non-profit organizations revealed that employers find today's graduates ill-prepared for the real-life work setting.
Former "Saturday Night Live" and "Rugrats" writer Patricia Marx marks the publication of her new book, "Let's Be Less Stupid: An Attempt to Maintain My Mental Faculties" this July.
Jia Jia, whose name means “good,” will be celebrating her 37th birthday later this summer. Residing in Hong Kong Ocean Park, she will be tying the record for the oldest panda in captivity, which was held by Du Du who passed away in 1999 at the age of 37.
New findings establish that men venture into stripping to boost their ego whereas women are driven by the desire for money.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) Action Fund has asked for a ban on asbestos material in consumer products, after test results showed that various children's toys and crayons contained the carcinogen. EWG, an advocacy group, uncovered the grey cancer-causing material in made-in-China products that included crime lab kits, after hiring a private lab to conduct tests.
Twitter recently added bright flashes to two short videos it posted through Vine's video sharing service. However, a British epilepsy support group then complained through a tweet that the flickers would cause epileptic seizures among people with photosensitivity, and requested the social media company to take down the video.
While the Internet provides a wealth of knowledge to netizens, the value of much online information is less than a hill of beans. The Harvard Medical School made that discovery in a new health study that tested online symptom checkers for medical conditions, used when people's bodies or minds are showing signs of illnesses or diseases. Although such health checkers can provide helpful information and a hope of diagnosis, the Harvard study revealed they are also frequently wrong.
Unusual jobs that save customers time, some of which many people did not know existed, are shaking up the United States marketplace. The demand for unique jobs conveys that people need not be a genius nor tuck a Ph.D. to earn big bucks that modern-day customers are willing to shell out.
A cancer doctor who gave fake chemotherapy treatments to people who did not have the deadly disease, over-treated terminally-ill patients, and under-treated people who actually had the tumor-causing illness, has been hit with a 45-year prison sentence. However, many of the fraud victims and their immediate families argue that the jail time for the physician's malpractice is just a slap on the wrist.
Minions are supposed to be cute, that is why McDonald's decided to use the toy version of the Minions in its Happy Meal as giveaway. However, a grandfather who got one for his 4-year-old granddaughter at Longwood McDonald's got the shock of his life.
A recent study revealed that a new deadly squirrel virus likely killed three breeders of the little animals. Over the course of two years, the German men developed the microbe progressive encephalitis or meningoencephalitis from the small rodents, resulting in their death within 2 to 4 months. At least two of the men had been scratched or bitten by the infected animals.
Information science majors are the highest paid college graduates, according to a recent survey. The study showed that college graduates who obtained a bachelor’s degree in the field received 4,846 yuan or $780 a month, while master’s degree holders earn 7,400 yuan a month.
