Snoring isn’t a brand spanking new issue and people have always been seeking ways to silence loud partners for years and years and likely even centuries . For many years, the preferred systems for reducing or completely removing snoring involved preventing individuals from sleeping on their backs. You can sew a tennis ball to the the back of [...]

Here are some of the most Unusual Ways People Have Died… 401 BC: Mithridates, a soldier condemned for the murder of Cyrus the Younger, was executed by scaphism, surviving the insect torture for 17 days. 272 BC: According to Plutarch, Pyrrhus of Epirus, conqueror and the source of the term pyrrhic victory, died while fighting an urban battle in Argos when an old [...]

The pain caused by kidney stones occurs when a stone becomes lodged in the ureter, the slender tube that connects the kidney with the bladder. Urine flow is then blocked, which causes urine to back up into the kidney. The kidney then swells and enlarges, stretching the pain-sensitive capsule, or thin covering around Pyelonephritis is [...]

If you want to grow a garden next spring, it’s never too early to start planning. One of the best ways to “learn as you go” is to read the seed catalogs that many companies will send for free. One of our favorites, with lots of gardening advice and great color photos, is Johnny’s Selected [...]

Immobility and surgery—two things commonly associated with hospitalized patients—are both risk factors for the development of a blood clot in the deep veins of the body, known as deep vein thrombosis or DVT. While a DVT can occur anywhere in the body, it is most common in the leg. Can you die from Gout?   [...]