READ THIS NEXT: USPS Is Making Even More Changes to Your Mail, Starting Jan. 22. The USPS can and will shutter different facilities when the situation calls for it. We saw this in Sept. 2022, when the agency pulled the plug on more than 200 post offices during Hurricane Ian. The Postal Service started temporarily suspending mail operations on Sept. 27, a day before the storm first made landfall in the U....
READ THIS NEXT: USPS Is Making This Major Delivery Change, Starting Oct. 2. Amid talk of paring down the USPS service or halting certain operations to combat budget issues, President Joe Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act into law in April 2022 to help the agency and enforce its requirement in maintaining regular service for Americans. The bill reiterates that the USPS must continue delivering mail six days a week across the entire country....
RELATED: Eating This After 65 Can Add Years to Your Life, New Study Says. Researchers have long since established the benefits of exercise on longevity, and most health institutions including the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend getting a minimum of 150 minutes of exercise per week. However, a new 2022 study published in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine which set out to examine the benefits of moderate increases in exercise levels found that adding as little as 10 minutes of walking to your normal routine may translate into lower risk of premature death....
READ THIS NEXT: You’re Inviting Snakes to Your Home If You’re Storing This Right Outside. According to a 2009 article in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, roughly one-third of the dirt, dust, and household toxins that accumulate in your home are brought in from the outdoors. This buildup of outdoor filth doesn’t appear on its own. Rather, it’s tracked in by people wearing shoes indoors. A study published in the Journal of Cleaning Science examined the germs collected on footwear and found harmful bacteria on 96 percent of shoes....
According to a leaked report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force obtained by ABC News, the stark rise in newly reported COVID cases in South Dakota and a major shortage of testing has the nation’s top medical experts alarmed. They warned local officials that recent data currently has South Dakota ranked second in the country for the rate of new cases (next to North Dakota) and is in the critical “red zone....
According to The New York Times, a group of 239 scientists from 32 countries have issued an open letter to the WHO with the urgent request to change their recommendations on how to protect against the coronavirus, citing the likelihood that the virus can be be transmitted through the air—absent of close contact with infected individuals—via small particles. Those behind the letter intend to publish it in a scientific journal this week....
According to Union, she and Howard “should have never got out of the dating phase.” She also opened up about being unfaithful in the relationship and why she felt “entitled to” cheat on him. Read on to find out more. READ THIS NEXT: Jessica Simpson Confessed to an “Emotional Affair” With This Co-Star. Union and Howard got married in 2001 and announced their separation in 2005. According to People, they met at a party in 1999....
The main reason? Temperatures that are either too hot or too cold could render your medication useless, at best, or dangerous, at worst. “The chemicals and components of some drugs can be changed when exposed to different temperatures,” the experts at Baystate Health in Massachusetts explain. “For example, drugs that contain hormones (think birth control, chemotherapy drugs, anti-seizure medications, and antibiotics) don’t work as well when exposed to temperatures outside their recommended storage range....
In the new episode, Willow cleared up the misconception that being polyamorous is all about getting to have more sex. In fact, she says the opposite can be true and that that’s part of what drew her to the idea. Read on for Willow’s explanation of polyamory and to hear what the women had to say about it in the past. And for more on the Smith family, check out Jada Pinkett Smith Regrets Doing This One Thing With Her Kids....
1 Battle Over Weight Machine Escalates The Daily Mail reports the video was taken in a gym in the city Sanarate, Guatemala, and the conflict appeared to erupt over the use of a Smith machine, which is used to do squats. A woman in black leggings is exercising on the machine while another woman in pink shorts attempts to work in. Pushing turned to hair-pulling, then slaps and punches followed....
There has been a widely held belief that only the elderly or people with health complications are at risk for severe cases of coronavirus. However, this misconception has created some serious problems, and now, new data is showing that young people are responsible for recent coronavirus spikes in numerous states. These are just some of the states reporting increased COVID-19 cases among young people. And for more about how coronavirus affects young people, check out This Condition Makes Coronavirus Especially Risky if You’re Young....
Especially as the general public has been more diligent about keeping an eye out for symptoms of the coronavirus, some may have become aware that even when you’re healthy, the thermometer doesn’t always read 98.6—and that isn’t because of a thermometer that’s on the fritz. “Anecdotally, I would say that there are a lot of people who may not be aware that normal temperature is a range, not a fixed number,” Donald Ford, MD, a family medicine physician at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, told CNN....
Moran explains that different colors can set different moods in your space, some of which may not be conducive to sleep. If you want your bedroom to be more calming, “explore neutrals, light shades of aqua, and golds,” she suggests. However, dramatic hues like “intense reds, deep browns, and even olive greens” are less likely to leave you feeling bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the morning. While Moran says that having too dark a room may not keep you up at night, it can “zap your energy upon waking....
Read the original article on Best Life. On Dec. 20, VanderWaal shared an image on Instagram showcasing her shaved head and geometric lines drawn on her face, one across the ridge of her nose and the other down her eyebrow. Some fans speculated that they were tattoos, however, the next day, VanderWaal shared a TikTok video and they appeared to be gone. But she did add a dramatic element to her look by dying her buzz cut hot pink....
Diana loved the glitzy over-the-top dresses, frilly gowns, and dramatic hats of that period that made her the Ambassador of British fashion and a global style idol. She captivated the world with her intriguing combination of humanity and glamour in a way no royal had ever done before. Even her early, uneven attempts to dress the part of princess only made fans love her more. She wisely didn’t try to win over the fashion critics, instead she dressed for the public who found no fault with her seesawing efforts to look stylish....
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Don’t be alarmed if you see a tree hanging upside down from the ceiling. This trend actually originated in medieval times, according to The Spruce. Legend goes that a Benedictine monk used the triangle shape of the inverted tree to explain the Holy Trinity to pagans. But the idea really took off in the 1900s in Poland with podłazniczek, a custom where Polish people decorated the branches with fruit, nuts, and ribbons, then hung the tree from the ceiling!...
Unfortunately, there’s no cure for Alzheimer’s, the disorder that slowly causes memory loss and mental decline. But coffee could help reduce the risk of developing it in the first place. A 2006 review of research published in Neurology Research found drinking high levels of coffee was associated with up to a 30 percent reduction in Alzheimer’s risk. Coffee is pretty powerful—especially when it comes to dementia. In a 2017 study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers found 24 compounds that could possibly boost a brain enzyme that protects against dementia—and caffeine is one of them....
READ THIS NEXT: The 6 Best Dog Breeds That Get Along With Cats, According to Experts. As mentioned, cats can absolutely feel emotions. However, peeing outside the litter box is rarely done to teach you a lesson, as is commonly assumed. It’s usually because they feel stressed, and just like humans, they develop nervous habits. “Cats are sensitive animals that can be easily stressed out by changes in their environment,” explains Melissa M....
To give you an idea of how important the kidneys are, consider that all the blood in your body passes through your kidneys approximately 40 times a day, filtered by about one million tiny units called nephrons. The kidneys are located under your ribcage, so it might surprise you to find out that problems can manifest in your hands. Read on to find out what signs to watch for, and when to see your doctor....
