RELATED: If You’re Over 65, Never Do This In the Bathroom, Mayo Clinic Warns. You’re more likely to fall as you get older, particularly in your own home. To prevent this, the CDC has created a prevention list of possible hazards in your home that could increase your risk of falling as an older adult. According to the agency, you should never use one piece of furniture in your home—or at least, only use it the way it was intended....
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases stresses the importance of calcium for your overall health. “Calcium is needed for our heart, muscles, and nerves to function properly and for blood to clot,” they explain. It’s also key for bone health. Low calcium levels lead to low bone mass and high fracture rates. “Most people are not getting the calcium they need to grow and maintain healthy bones,” the experts at the National Institute explain....
The large contact tracing study was published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a peer-reviewed journal from the CDC. The researchers looked at 5,700 people who reported coronavirus symptoms between January 20 to March 27, which is when South Korea closed schools. Researchers then tracked nearly 60,000 contacts from the original cases. Overall, “we detected COVID-19 in 11.8 percent of household contacts; rates were higher for contacts of children than adults,” the researchers said....
RELATED: If You Bought These Supplements, Stop Using Them Immediately, FDA Says. On Aug. 4, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that about two million dehumidifiers produced by New Widetech are being recalled in the U.S. The recall includes over a dozen popular brand names, such as Commercial Cool, Edgestar, Friedrich, Honeywell, Whirlpool, and more. The dehumidifiers were found to “overheat and catch fire, posing fire and burn hazards,” according to the statement....
A large study published in the medical journal Cancer Cell on June 5 set out to determine how effective currently available COVID-19 vaccines are for cancer patients. Researchers used data from 200 eligible patients at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York by testing their antibody levels after they were fully vaccinated. Results found that while most cancer patients in the study responded well to the shots, 30 percent of those taking immunosuppressant medications showed no signs of seroconversion, which is the medical term for the production of antibodies in response to a virus....
The Oregon State University researchers sought to find out how arguments and resolved arguments affect our emotional responses and health, publishing their findings in The Journals of Gerontology in January. They used data from the National Study of Daily Experiences, which contained interviews with more than 2,000 people over the course of eight consecutive days.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb They found that those who resolved an argument on the day it occurred felt only half the amount of increase in negative emotions that those who had not resolved their argument yet felt....
READ THIS NEXT: Cary Grant Clashed With This Co-Star: “Couldn’t Be Married to Her for 24 Hours.” By 1950, Bergman was a very well known, very successful actor. She had received her first four Academy Award nominations for For Whom the Bells Tolls, The Bells of St. Mary’s, Joan of Arc, and Gaslight, winning the award for Best Actress for the latter. (Three more Oscar nominations and two more wins came in later years....
READ THIS NEXT: The No. 1 Place Snakes Love to Hide Before They Strike. It’s not uncommon for many types of animals to become more active in warmer months. But as cold-blooded animals, snakes are particularly sensitive to changes in temperature. The high season for snake bites falls during the milder and hotter seasons, typically beginning in April and stretching through October, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service....
RELATED: 6 Oscar Movies You Can Watch on Netflix This Weekend. In an interview with The Sunday Times (via Yahoo!), Brody said that Nicholson invited the Best Actor nominees to his house to discuss potentially boycotting the show since it was scheduled only four days after the U.S. invaded Iraq in March 2003. The other nominees were Daniel Day-Lewis for Gangs of New York, Michael Caine for The Quiet American, and Nicolas Cage for Adaptation....
1 Women and Unpreposessing Pets Encounter Bear According to a news release by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, Susan Lee was walking on a trail on her property on Aug. 20 with her two dogs, a Jack Russell terrier and a labradoodle. She heard a loud noise and looked up to see a black bear charging in her direction. Startled, she tripped over a stone wall and felt “pain on her upper left leg,” realizing the bear had bitten her....
READ THIS NEXT: A Bond Girl Just Opened Up About Her Alleged Sean Connery Affair. In the most recent Bond movie, No Time to Die, Black British actor Lashana Lynch played Nomi, an agent who was assigned Bond’s 007 number, but she was not replacing Bond himself. “The response was generally positive, but there were some very personal messages to me, like Insta DMs and Twitter,” Lynch told The Guardian of the casting news being released....
Hager said that she “adored” her grandmother, who died in 2018, and that Bush had later apologized for the hurtful remark. Read on to find out more READ THIS NEXT: Baywatch Star Slams Critics Who Say She’s “Too Old” for Bikini Pics. On the Jan. 6 episode of Today, co-hosts Hager and Hoda Kotb discussed a recent interview singer Billie Eilish gave to Vogue in which she talked about learning to be comfortable with her body....
READ THIS NEXT: 8 Secrets Jo-Ann Fabrics Doesn’t Want You to Know. This is not the first time arts and crafts stores and art supply chains have shuttered stores in 2022. Back in March, Michaels permanently closed a location at the Amsterdam Commons in Montgomery County, New York. A spokesperson told The Leader-Herald at the time that Michaels had made “the business decision to close a limited number of stores this year,” which included the Amsterdam location....
These days, the actor doesn’t have too many new projects in the pipeline, but that hiatus likely won’t last for long given her track record for always finding new projects that excite her. Sagal even admits that her longevity in the entertainment business surprises her sometimes. She told Entertainment Weekly in 2021, “The biggest comment I get is, ‘Wow, you’re still working!’ I’ve started to say it to myself sometimes....
Garver still celebrates Family Affair today, 50 years later, whether it’s by attending fan events or writing books inspired by her time on the show. The 76-year-old is still acting and has found success in both TV and film appearances and with voiceover roles. Read on to find out more about Garver’s life today. RELATED: Victoria Principal Played Pamela on Dallas. See Her Now at 71. Garver got her start as a child star in the 1950s, and notably appeared in 1956’s The Ten Commandments....
While appearing on the talk show, Griffin explained that due to the surgery to remove half of one of her lungs, she is experiencing a surprising side effect, and it’s taking longer to heal than she expected. Read on to find out what Griffin has been dealing with and to hear more about her experience with cancer. RELATED: Celebrities Who Battled Cancer and Won. When Griffin joined host Jimmy Kimmel on his show, she first addressed the audience....
RELATED: Lowe’s Is Making This Major Change to Stores, Starting in February. Texas-based company Yeti just confirmed that it has decided to stop selling its products at Lowe’s, according to Retailwire. Some of its popular products currently sold at the retailer include premium coolers and tumblers. According to the news outlet, this news just a few years after the company began rolling out Yeti items to Lowe’s stores in late 2019....
1 A Terrible Accident Bellamy was trimming the branches of a lemon tree when he accidentally cut into a bees nest. He was accompanied by his grandmother and his uncle, Dustin Edwards, who couldn’t help him as they were under attack by the bees too. “He was hollering, ‘Help! Help me! Help!’ And nobody would help him,” Phyllis Edwards said. “I was going to try and climb the ladder to get to Austin … I seen how high he was … but I couldn’t get to him because I was surrounded in bees....
As reported by People, in the book (out Nov. 1), Perry reveals that doctors gave him a “two percent chance to live” during his lengthy hospitalization. He told the magazine that he decided to open up now, because he feels “safe from going into the dark side of everything again.” Read on to see what the actor shared. READ THIS NEXT: Brad Pitt Credits This Huge Star With Helping Him Overcome Addiction....
Microsoft has recently been rolling out a new feature that will automatically switch a user’s browser from Internet Explorer (IE) to Edge when they visit a website that is incompatible with the classic browser. The feature, an Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object named “IEtoEdge BHO,” checks the websites users are trying to access against a list of sites incompatible with IE. If they find a match, the BHO will automatically open Edge....
