Amazon has decided to shutter its health-focused Halo division. Amazon has stopped selling its three Halo products – Halo View, Halo Band, and Halo Rise – and plans to lay off portions of the Halo team. According to The Verge, which obtained an email written by Melissa Cha, Amazon’s VP of smart home and health, […]
Calisthenics is deceptively quaint sounding. Probably because in the olden days, you know, the 1980’s, calisthenics was what a lot of grade school P.E. classes were called. But fast forward forty years, and now calisthenics is the “new” social media fitness sensation. Here’s the thing: not only is calisthenics not new, it’s actually ancient. The term calisthenics […]
April is National Humor Month. Larry Wilde created National Humor Month in 1976 to show people how humor is a useful tool to improve our ways of life. He stated, “The idea of laughing and the use of humor as a tool to lift ailing spirits is growing. Scientific research now indicates that the curative power […]
We all have our indulgences, ice cream, pizza, burgers and fries… so the saying “everything in moderation” exists for a reason. Most doctors and nutritionists know that completely depriving yourself of foods you love will backfire, causing you to eat way more of them than you should. But, as Huff Post reports, there are certain […]
COVID is once again on the rise, currently taking off in India. Case rates are at their highest level in nearly eight months, with the latest wave thought to be driven by the emergence of a new omicron variant dubbed “arcturus”. As The Telegraph reports, more than 10,000 new cases were reported last Thursday alone. So, […]
The Supreme Court has taken emergency action to pause stringent restrictions on abortion medication mifepristone from taking effect, hours before they were set to be enacted. The Supreme Court’s orders, released on Friday afternoon and signed by Justice Samuel Alito, state that the temporary hold will last through Wednesday, April 19, 2023, and gives the litigants […]
April is National Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month, a time when child wellness and child welfare organizations across the U.S. elevate the importance of creating systems and programs that put children and families first. Child abuse and neglect are preventable, and all communities benefit when children and families are well supported. On March 31, the […]
Water is essential for life. Nearly 60% of the human body is made up of water. Not only is water fundamental in building cells, but it’s also critical for regulating body temperature, healthy digestion and electrolyte balance. When your body does not receive the fluid it needs, it can become dehydrated, which can manifest itself in various […]
Johnson & Johnson has offered to pay up to $8.9 billion to the nearly 70,000 plaintiffs in order to settle lawsuits alleging the company’s talc-based baby powder caused cancer, quadrupling its initial proposal to resolve the suits. According to The New York Times, the legal fight, which lasted more than a decade, involves plaintiffs and families of people who passed […]
Jennifer Lopez showed once again that she has no qualms baring it all for a good cause. The 53-year-old singer shared a photo of herself posing topless in just a pair of white thong undies on J.Lo Beauty’s Instagram to mark the start of National Stress Awareness month. Lopez’s team wrote, “It’s #NationalStressAwarenessMonth and we […]