MEDICINE & HEALTH

Memory Loss Linked to Age Could Be Worse for Men

According to a new study, you shouldn't feel bad about misplacing those keys or forgetting something important especially if you find this happening to you more as you age.

Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals, New Study Finds

For years people (including psychologists) thought that politically conservative people are happier than the liberal counterparts. A recent study proves them wrong. In fact, there really is no happiness gap. Read on to know how this was found.

Spiders Whose Bite Can Cause Four Hour Erections Found in Tesco Bananas

Make sure that you clearly inspect the bag of bananas that you purchase next time. This dad buys a bag of bananas from Tesco, later finds out that it contains Brazilian Wandering Spiders which are venomous spiders that can even cause death, and also 4 hour painful erections in some cases.

Measles Doubter Ordered to Pay Over $100,000 for Lost Bet

amusement act by a biologist gives him a lesson Sometimes things done by a person for his amusement can only backfire at him later. This might be the case with Stephan Lanka, a biologist and a vaccination sceptic that preposterously claimed anyone who could establish to him the existence of measles would be paid €100,000.

First Successful Penis Transplant Raises Questions around South African Circumcision Ceremonies

While a South African patient’s identity is being protected for ethical reasons, according to Tygerberg Hospital, news of his successful procedure and sexual history are making headlines nonetheless. Fully recovered from a nine-hour operation that occurred on Dec. 11, 2014, the young man whose name is not being disclosed at this time, marks a great achievement in that doctors were the first to successfully complete a penile transplant operation in his case.

Listeriosis Outbreak Now Poses Threat to Ice Cream—Blue Bell Creameries Recalls Products

It’s in the popcorn, in the caramel apples, and now it’s in the ice cream. It appears that Listeria monocytogenes has some pretty great tastes, seeing as how it has infected all of our favorite treats. And now, in what happens to be the company’s first recall in a successful 108-year history, a new outbreak of Listeriosis has caused Blue Bell Creameries to take its ice cream off of the shelves.

Why Ebola Places Children at Greater Risk

The death toll of the most recent round of Ebola moved beyond 10,000 on Thursday Mar. 12, but the threat to West Africa isn't over yet, and children are at far greater risk. But it's not Ebola that health care experts are worried about now, but rather large outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases that could overrun the region.
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