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If you love bacon (like any normal person does), I feel bad having to deliver this piece of bad news to you - bacon and other processed meats cause cancer, and red meat probably contributes to it, too. From 800 studies, scientists from the World Health Organization conclude that you face a real risk of colon, stomach, and other cancers if you eat a great amount of processed meat, putting processed

Big congratulations are in order for Ed Sheeran, because he just became a doctor! (Well, kind of.) For his outstanding contribution to music, the University Campus Suffolk in England gave Sheeran an honorary doctorate degree. "I graduated today, I am now officially Dr...

Halloween is that one time of the year where it's okay to go all-out and wear a risque (a.k.a. slutty) costume. And while we all love to make fun of girls in those costumes (girls are so catty, aren't we?), it looks like wearing one of those skanky costumes can actually help you find love (even if just for one night)...

According to a new study by Oxford University, poor and less-educated people are more likely to die in a car crash than more affluent victims. The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology on Thursday, examined socioeconomic trends and inequalities in motor vehicle fatalities in the United States between the years 1995 and 2010...

Here’s a new test to see if you’re dating a psychopath: when you yawn, pay attention to whether or not he or she yawns back. According to new research, if they don’t yawn back, they might be a psychopath. A study conducted by psychologists from Baylor University in Texas suggests that people who are more coldhearted are less likely to engage in the natural behavior of “catching” yawns...

Lice are becoming invincible in America. A study out of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville found that  lice have developed a resistance to medications available over-the-counter in at least 25 states. While the press release didn’t mention Colorado, it’s best to be extra mindful going with kids returning to school...

A new study suggests jealousy in romantic relationships may trigger drinking problems. The study, conducted on 277 American university students, found that those who were more emotionally dependent on their relationships were more likely to turn to alcohol if they became jealous...

A study by University of Colorado & Colorado State University researchers links watching over weight cartoon characters to unhealthy eating habits in children.

Thanks to my friend Ann I came across this great piece on swearing. It states that researchers have found that swearing could be the answer to a happier life, essentially anyway.

You hear it all the time, the dreaded Monday talk. When we make a mistake we blame it on Monday, when we have little drive and feel like lounging around we blame it on Monday, but scientists say, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are equally disliked. So, Miserable Monday's is just a myth.

When it comes to tipping the scales, we'd rather have our huge bank accounts do it and not our huge bellies.

Leave it to a Rutgers professor to declare that making whoopie is more beneficial for the brain than word puzzles. Apparently, word puzzles only concentrate on one area of the brain at a time, where as the other stimulates several area's of the brain.